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The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born.
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The first time we performed as a duo, we had already been playing together in various situations.
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The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.
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The magic can happen in a studio. Special things can happen in a recording studio, even though it may seem like a clinical environment from the outside looking in.
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The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
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The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.
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To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
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Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
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We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal.
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We have fun, we listen to one another, we challenge one another, we trust one another. We're doing what we enjoy, and we're not just playing for each other, we're playing for the people.
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We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.
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What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on.
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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
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When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time that happens, I never write a hit song.
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When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm writing a song, someone else brings a vibe. There's something different about it. If someone can play a better bassline than me, I'll let them do it. I'm just here to fit in and see where it goes.
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You know, there're no rules between Russell and I. We don't want to have to have to talk too much, because it's really precious, really special to play music.
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