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There's A Way Of Playing Safe, There's A Way Of Using Tricks And There's The Way I Like To Play Which Is Dangerously Where You're Going To Take A Chance On Making Mistakes In Order To Create Something You Haven't Created Before.

I Wasn't Allowed To Play In Some Universities In The United States And Out Of Twenty-five Concerts, Twenty-three Were Canceled Unless I Would Substitute My Black Bass Player For My Old White Bass Player, Which I Wouldn't Do.

I Think The Church Should Strive To Give Parishioners Good Music. Music Is As Necessary For Worship As A Building With A Beautiful Altar, Artwork, And Stained-glass Windows. Together They Create An Environment Conducive To Worship And Contemplation. We Are Not In Church For Entertainment, But To Worship.

I Started Growing Up In A Hurry And Taking A Lot Of The Philosophy I'd Heard From Church As A Kid A Lot More Seriously - Especially The Ten Commandments - And Wondering How 'thou Shalt Not Kill' Could Be So Absolutely Ignored. It Took Me Until I Was In My 40s To Write What I Was Thinking As A Young Soldier.

And There Is A Time Where You Can Be Beyond Yourself. You Can Be Better Than Your Technique. You Can Be Better Than Most Of Your Usual Ideas. And This Is A Whole Other Category That You Can Get Into.