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One of the most important func...

One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.

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It's not easy to play in a fr...

It's not easy to play in a framework that requires simplicity and to tastefully find ways to interject the kind of freedom that we have in playing jazz.

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When I was six, my best friend...

When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to his house, the first thing I would say to him was 'Levester' - His name was Levester - I said, 'Levester, can I go play your piano?' So, on my 7th birthday, my parents bought me a piano.

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I just express myself in any w...

I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment.

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It's easy to get sidetracked ...

It's easy to get sidetracked with technology, and that is the danger, but ultimately you have to see what works with the music and what doesn't. In a lot of cases, less is more. In most cases, less is more.

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You would not exist if you did...

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

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You can practice to learn a te...

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

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You can practice to attain kno...

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

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Without wisdom, the future has...

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

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While knowledge may provide us...

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

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When I was in my early teens, ...

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

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When I was coming up, I practi...

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

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We are eternally linked not ju...

We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.

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The value of music is to be ab...

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

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The value of music is not dazz...

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

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The thing that we possess, tha...

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

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The spirit of jazz is the spir...

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

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The music becomes something th...

The music becomes something that is its own entity.

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Since time is a continuum, the...

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.

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See, there were certain rules ...

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.

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