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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 hate the way chorus boxes sound. "

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

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

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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. "

" 'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else. "

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