Jan Hammer famous quotes

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The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
-- Jan Hammer

#Passion #Gone #Spontaneity
You never know what you find once you really get going.
-- Jan Hammer
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

#Impossible #Problem #Reason
Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.
-- Jan Hammer

#Fun #Play #Stills
I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.
-- Jan Hammer

#Years #Television #Film
My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
-- Jan Hammer

#Mother #Singers #Today
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

#Moving #Fuel #Way
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

#Talking #Voice #America
I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.
-- Jan Hammer

#Years #Wells
Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
-- Jan Hammer

#Growing Up #Growing #Jazz
Everything from now on will be done online - physical music media like the CD are dead in the water.
-- Jan Hammer

#Media #Cds #Water

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