There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.

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I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

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I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

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Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

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A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

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If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

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If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

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It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore.

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Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic.

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That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.

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