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I Have Often Read Critical Pieces Where The Critic Said That What The Composer Was Trying To Do Didn't Come Off. I Have Wondered What The Critic Meant If He Didn't Know What The Composer Was Trying To Do.

I Asked My Mother Could I Have An Instrument. She Said, 'well If You Go Out And Save Your Money.' So I Went And Got - I Made Me A Shine Box. I Went Out And Started Shining Shoes, And I'd Bring Whatever I Made.

It's Just Someone Has Labelled Us As Having A Different Label To Do What You Do. I Find That Labels Are The Worst Thing In The World For Artistic Expression.

Even When You Write It, Someone's Got To Play It. So If You Can Play It And Bypass All The Rest Of The Things, You're Still Doing As Great As Someone That Has Spent Forty Years Trying To Find Out How To Do That. I'm Really Pro-human Beings, Pro-expression Of Everything.

The Only Thing My Mother Would Say To Me About My Music - I'd Say, "mom, Listen To This," And She'd Say, "junior, I Know Who You Are."