It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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very honored and proud that jazz has brought me to this acclaim by the Canadian people.Oscar Peterson
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
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We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
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I play as I feel.
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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
Oscar Peterson
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