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To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.


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Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?

Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?



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Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.



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To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.



If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.

If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.



The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.



You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.



Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"

Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"



I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.



I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.

I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.





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