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I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

I've always loved jazz.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

Jazz was the pop music of its day, and all American popular music has stemmed from it one way or another.

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

I do find modern jazz quite tricky.

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.