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" Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are. "

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" My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians. "

" Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts. "

" If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it. "

" The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much about a guy who achieves his dream but about a broken dream of a broken man living a broken life. "

" I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. "

" It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency. "

" If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it. "

" Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.' "

" 'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day and, when the mix was done, feeling like I wanted to hear it over and over again. It was the comprehensive sound of the thing: the song itself, its character, the way the instruments sounded, and the way Tom Scott's tight horn arrangement fit in. "

" People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you endlessly with their broken hearts. "

" What about that Dave Brubeck live album, with a version of 'Like Someone in Love' on it, and long sax solos by Paul Desmond? That's what got me hooked on jazz. "

" There was a time in my life when one aspect of my lifestyle called for watching a lot of television. "

" Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music. "

" When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically. "

" I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be. "

" It's great fun to play with a really good band. "

" It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so on, and so they're even more successful in that context than they were on the record. "

" We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz. "

" When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill. "

" Our career had a sort of funny shape. "

" I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation. "

" The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great. "

" We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id. "

" Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations. "

" I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way. "

" I thought Twitter was a joke. I really thought it was a gag. I thought it was like National Lampoon or the Onion. "

" We opened for the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Guess Who, Chuck Berry, Sha Na Na. We opened for Cheech and Chong - I opened for Cheech, and Don opened for Chong. "

" There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want. "

" With 'Aja,' there was a sort of happy conjunction between our tastes and the backgrounds and styles of studio musicians at the time. "