"I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry."
"So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that."
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Source: Charlie Huston (2007). “Half the Blood of Brooklyn: A Novel”, p.46, Del Rey
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