Originals Quotes
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Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic.
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For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances. You have to study and know the traditions, but then you have to play things that haven't been played before. It becomes a balance of knowing the tradition and using your own original voice to add to it.
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When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.
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I prefer writing originals.
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Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals.
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Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.
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In order to be creative, you don't have to be original.
