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

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" I hate the way chorus boxes sound. "

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

" 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! "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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