I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you're going to do it but when you do it.
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If you're a musician, there's no instrument that can be withheld from you. If you're drawn to it, develop the talent for it.
I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.
It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best.
You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.
Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.
I don't play an instrument. I pretend. I try to.
I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.
I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different.
In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.
You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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