When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.
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Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.Steve Lacy
If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.
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It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.
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I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
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When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all.
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You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.
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