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

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

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

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

" 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'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. "

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

" There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0. "

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

" The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. "

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

" There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term. "

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

" Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. "

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

" The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. "

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

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

" Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60. "

" 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. "

" Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. "

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

" When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them. "

" The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works. "

" 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. "