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You make a record because you have to chart your progress, not only for yourself, but for your audience.

From Jason Moran

As an improviser, my nature is to take a theme and constantly rework it.

From Jason Moran

I'm a bit of a traditionalist, but I kind of mangle things as I perform in a contemporary way.

From Jason Moran

I feel like I'm a torchbearer for jazz, fostering its tradition but its future, too.

From Jason Moran

I am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she writes about it.

From Jason Moran

I have that huge print from Pollock by the piano because the influence is reciprocal. He was into hearing music while he created, and I sometimes do the opposite. I'm influenced by everything from an ant to a dream.

From Jason Moran

Pianos - if they don't like what you're saying, then they won't talk back to you. And you want it to talk back to you.

From Jason Moran

As a listener, we're looking for that person who kind of excites the molecules within us - who knows how to tell the story that resonates deeply to our core and almost prompts us into action. Fats Waller has been that person for decades. When people need a lift, sometimes they go to him. I know I do.

From Jason Moran

Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.

From Jason Moran

I'm lazy. I don't practice enough. I do other stuff. I'm not a musician's musician, and I don't necessarily know if I want to be. When I hear something and want to work on it, then that's what my project will be.

From Jason Moran

Jason Moran

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