But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.
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I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.
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I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid.
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Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.
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I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.
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What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years.
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There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.
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It's all about creation and surprise. It just needs to be appreciated and watered like flowers. You have to water flowers. These peaks will come again.
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I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed to maybe do some things together.
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Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.
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