Each of these instruments has a voice, and if I hear a sound on an instrument that I don't like, I'm not interested usually in what he plays.
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I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.
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It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
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I've played with not such great players, and found that I was inspired to play very well. I welcome every one of those opportunities.
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