They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.
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Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.
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When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style.
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Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too.
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Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to.
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