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" We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most. "

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" 'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it. "

" If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public. "

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" When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough. "

" It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album. "

" I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people. "

" Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes. "

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" I think we're right up there with Herman's Hermits and the other greats. Maybe somewhere between Herman's Hermits and the Gershwins. "

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" My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians. "

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