It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
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Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
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I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
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Listening is the key to everything good in music.
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