"Smell the sea and feel the sky."
"Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity."
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Source: Interview with Dermot Stokes, Hot Press, March 1978.
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