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• ‟ I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.

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• ‟ If you go to Tiananmen Square, or go to any public area in China, you will hear my music at some point.

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• ‟ The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

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• ‟ Any saxophone player will have those influences come through in their music in a very different way. I can listen to the same 10 sax players as someone else for my entire life, and we'll both play completely differently. That's the beauty of being a musician.

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• ‟ I was really amazed when I started hearing 'Songbird' on the radio. I couldn't believe that the record company promotion department had actually convinced radio music directors to play it -because there wasn't anything like it on the radio at the time.

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• ‟ Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

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• ‟ I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.

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• ‟ I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

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• ‟ What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

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• ‟ The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.

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• ‟ Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.

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• ‟ There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.

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• ‟ I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just a normal kid taking instrumental lessons at school, nothing special.

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• ‟ I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine.

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• ‟ I listen to old jazz and classical music, and that's it.

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• ‟ I've been performing since I was in high school, so I've seen people react to my music and my playing. I'm always appreciative when people like the music, but I'm not shocked.

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• ‟ Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I write music.

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