We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because…

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I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a...

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a...

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

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

Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the...

Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the...

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene....

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene....

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come...

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come...

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than...

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than...

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

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

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that...

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that...

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

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

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and...

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and...

If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands....

If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands....

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

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

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very...

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very...

I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous...

I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous...

My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad...

My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad...

You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet...

You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet...

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about...

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about...

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

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

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles...

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles...

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just...

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just...