I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it today and tomorrow they might not. I've had that experience with record companies.

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I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record...

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That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think...

That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think...

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I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as...

If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good,...

If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good,...

I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first...

I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first...

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Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play...

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Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such...

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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was...

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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you...

You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three....

You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three....

That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say,...

That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say,...

I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into...

I think that those elements - light and sound - are beyond democratic. They're into...

I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that...

I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that...

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All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and...

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do...

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do...