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I Keep Telling Ron Lorman And Them In The Control Room, "it's My Band! The Reason I Have A Band Is Because I Can't Stand For Somebody To Tell Me What To Do."

Jazz Musicians Are So Comfortable. The Reason They Can't Do What We Do Is Because They're So Comfortable Doin' What They Do.

My Father's Rich, My Momma's Good Looking. Right? And I Can Play The Blues. I've Never Suffered And Don't Intend To Suffer.

See, If You Put A Musician In A Place Where He Has To Do Something Different From What He Does All The Time, Then He Can Do That - But He's Got To Think Differently In Order To Do It. He's Got To Play Above What He Knows - Far Above It. I've Always Told The Musicians In My Band To Play What They Know And Then Play Above That. Because Then Anything Can Happen, And That's Where Great Art And Music Happens.

I Usually Write From The Rhythm Section...if A Drummer Got A Funky Beat On Some Things - Like A Half-shuffle Or A Shuffle Or A Backbeat That's Even - I Can Write Something.