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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I hate the way chorus boxes sound. "

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

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