All Jan Hammer Quotes
My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
Jan Hammer
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The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.
Jan Hammer
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The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.
Jan Hammer
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Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.
Jan Hammer
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I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.
Jan Hammer
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It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?
Jan Hammer
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It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it.
Jan Hammer
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Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen.
Jan Hammer
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I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.
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