Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (Pete Fountain) Quotes
I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.
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Right, I was a teenager then, this was my generation's music, it was what I danced to on dates.
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I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.
