I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.
There's Charlie Parker and there's Miles, there's Trane. I'm none of those guys, so why am I beating myself up trying to find the lost chord all the time
I'm a human being all the time, even when I sleep. But I'm not a musician when I sleep, and I'm not a musician when I eat, unless I'm paying attention to music or talking about music.
I wasn't really aware that the blues was making the transition from acoustic to electric then, but that doesn't mean it didn't have any effect on what I was doing at the time.
I don't go back to anything, I just add. Just like when you eat a meal, it you eat one thing all the time it gets kind of boring.
I agree with taking the time and respecting the great innovators of the past, but the word innovation would cease to exist if we all do is look at the past.
At the same time, I'm still enjoying working with young people.
Nowadays people jog and listen to music. Work out and listen to music. They've got these headphones on all the time. It's just the normal scene.
I was a jazz purist at the time, I had tunnel vision about jazz and classical music,
When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.
Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
I was very much aware of blues, because it was on the radio all the time.
And that was fascinating, because you could do something different every time.
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