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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
DJs and people in the street know what they like.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think music all the time.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.
- Compliment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only a certain number of people go to a store over the period of a year. When a person sees my record on the shelf, it eliminates someone else's record from being sold. It's about continuing to try to find new ways to sell records.
- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020