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The Thing To Judge In Any Jazz Artist Is, Does The Man Project And Does He Have Ideas.

The Reason [drummers] Call Things "unison", And They Sound Unison, Is Because You Actually Play Two Different Tempos . . . Like You're A Little Sharp, Or A Little Flat; It's So Slight That They Call It "unison", But It's Not Unison.

You Can Tell Whether A Person Plays Well Or Not By The Way He Carries The Instrument, Whether It Means Something To Him Or Not.

I Said To [lionel] Richie, "man, My Wife Says You Must Really Respect Women Because You Write Such Beautiful Love Songs."

With "we Are The World," I Can't Even Eat When I Watch That On Television. If I'm Eatin' Some Food, I Have To Put It Down. I Feel Very Strongly About That.