The majority of juice-heads and winos and junkies arent musicians.
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Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.
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All quotes βDon't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.
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Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.
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A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.
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Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.
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All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.
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