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" I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to. "

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" I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up. "

" When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band. "

" Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I don't think I'm as sharp as I was when I was younger, but I'm definitely wiser and less likely to make gigantic blunders of an intellectual, spiritual, emotional or physical type. "

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" I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms of my relationship to music. "

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