MJF's Interview with
AARON LINGTON
Artists Who Influenced
Dennis Chambers
"It's very sad, there is a market for it, but the record companies won't promote it. They are to busy going after something that is going to sell 100,000 copies." - Dennis Chambers on the state of Fusion in America
Joe Satriani
"When I go back and listen to live tapes, I can't tell which guitar I'm playing, which proves my point that it really doesn't matter what kind of a battery you're using or whether you turn your amp sideways or upside-down. It only matters to the player, because the audience doesn't usually hear it and I think the artist can be fooled, too. Even the engineers who have recorded us live can't tell which guitar I was using, even though they're so radically different in their setup and components." - Joe Satriani
Mike Stern
"The more you know, the less you know.” - Mike Stern
Steve Vai
"A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head." - Steve Vai
John Coltrane
"When there's something we think could be better, we must make an effort." - John Coltrane
Freddie Hubbard
"You don't realize at first when you listen to Armstrong's records how great this man was and how hard that Hot Five music was to play. After the experience of reading and playing those parts, I have an even greater respect for Louis Armstrong than before." - Freddie Hubbard
Pepper Adams
"I'm all in favor of getting grants for musicians. Or any other good brand of Scotch." - Pepper Adams
Stan Getz
“A quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting with each others ideas.” - Stan Getz
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