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Roy Ayers Quotes: "The true beauty of music is that it connects people."

The true beauty of music is that it connects people.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good."

I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.




Roy Ayers Quotes: "DJs and people in the street know what they like."

DJs and people in the street know what they like.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work."

I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.




Roy Ayers Quotes: "A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words."

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment."

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries."

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.




Roy Ayers Quotes: "I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year."

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play."

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy."

I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company."

Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years."

I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.




Roy Ayers Quotes: "I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert."

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me."

Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif."

It's a wonderful feeling just being in this creative motif.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with."

I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they're getting cause they've just seen you live."

I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they're getting cause they've just seen you live.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York."

I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors."

The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!"

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!



Roy Ayers Quotes: "When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing."

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America."

I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression."

What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property."

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "I think music all the time."

I think music all the time.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to."

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.



Roy Ayers Quotes: "Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk."

Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.