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“All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.”

“I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.”

“It reminded me of, and that's got to be good. Rhythm section has the right groove, too. Drummer made me think of. Hey, play that again. Yeah! He sounds like a piano player! You can keep changing keys all the time doing that. Sounds like something that was studied and figured out. And he can play it; you know what's happening with this one. Yeah, he was on a Bobby Timmons kick. He knows what's happening.”

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