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" 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. "

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

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

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

" What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity. "

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

" 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 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "