Kevin Eubanks Quotes
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I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.
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I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.
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I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.
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Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.
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I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't have three heads. I want a regular human being.
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My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
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I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.
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Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
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I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.
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Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.
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I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.
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I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.
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I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
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It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.
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Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this.
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If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.
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I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
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People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music.
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The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost.
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James Brown is the reason I play guitar.
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I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?
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Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.
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My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible.
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It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.