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" A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that. "

" For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around. "

" From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. "

" I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second I have been on the band stand with him has been an absolute pleasure. "

" I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny. "

" I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted. "

" I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz. "

" If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard. "

" If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time. "

" I hate the way chorus boxes sound. "

" I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything. "

" I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much! "

" I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me. "

" I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable. "

" I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music. "

" I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound. "

" I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times. "

" I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do. "

" I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is. "

" I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. "

" It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place. "

" I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore. "

" I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young. "

" I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly. "

" I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work. "

" Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. "

" Listening is the key to everything good in music. "

" My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent. "

" No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing; you're trying to create the illusion of a bigger dynamic range. "

" One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism. "

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