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" The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. "
Pat Metheny
Beauty
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People
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" I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. "
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" '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 hate the way chorus boxes sound. "
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" 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. "
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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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House
Like
" 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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Creativity
" It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place. "
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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. "
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Trying
Connections
" Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. "
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Blunt
Through
" 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. "
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Think
Want
" 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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Sleep
My Life
Music
" I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly. "
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Deep
Almost
" What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity. "
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Musicians
Look
Infinity
" The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. "
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Coleman
Extremely
Guitarist
" From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. "
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" I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz. "
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Principles
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" I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me. "
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Front
Material
" 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. "
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Doing
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" 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. "
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Way
" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. "
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" I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do. "
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" 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. "
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" The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is. "
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