You can think as Einstein as much as you want, but when you come in contact with another person as a work unit of some kind, you have to think as one. You have to figure out all the things that you’ve studied and that your mind is telling you, and then you have to figure out how to make it work as one, or you have a broken down team. Jaimoe Read Quote
A lot of people at the highest level, I never listened to. It was hard for me to listen to a whole lot of stuff. It didn’t get there for me. Al Green, who’s maybe my favorite male singer – to me, Al Green sounds like a saxophone player. Jaimoe Read Quote
Horns really make a good band. They always create excitement when it’s needed. They give the music a broader spread. It doesn’t have to be all guitars and keyboards all the time. Jaimoe Read Quote
Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn’t mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music that’s been created in America has been pretty much improvised… Whether it’s hillbilly or rock n’ roll for blues, it’s basically jazz music… It’s basically about another way of hearing what comes out of America. Jaimoe Read Quote
