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Music is one big thing to me.
I hate the way chorus boxes sound
I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity
What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity.
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is
I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.
Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence.
Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it!
Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do.
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.
The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.
There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me.
The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.
Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument.
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.
I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything.
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles
Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment.
It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.
The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord.
A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.