When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.
When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.
Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work wh...
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Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.
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If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.
If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.
Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.
Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.
I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is n...
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I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.
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I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like p...
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I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.
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I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative ...
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I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes in...
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.
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It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
I really create everything I do from the heart.
I really create everything I do from the heart.
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to th...
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You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to them. It's not a waste of time - I just love talking to people. And I don't do this to sell records. The truth is, I do what I do because I love it.
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I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.
I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.
I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song...
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Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.
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There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Frid...
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I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just a normal kid taking instrumental lessons at school, nothing special.
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Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope tha...
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Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.
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That's my ideal day, time with my boys.
That's my ideal day, time with my boys.
I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.
I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.
What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I t...
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What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
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Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it...
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Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.
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The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.
The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.
I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.
I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.
Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.
Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instru...
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I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
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Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to mor...
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Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.
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I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd a...
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I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.
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I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
