Kevin Eubanks Quotes

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• I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.

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  Thinking, Guitar, Jazz

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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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  Moving, Inspiration, Hard Work

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• Hard work is what keeps the ship moving.

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  Moving, Hard Work, Ships

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• Let your life be your music and let your music be your life.

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  Music, Jazz, Life Is

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• My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.

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  Love, Love Life, Stink

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• The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it.

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  Thinking, Media, People

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• The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

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  Jobs, Simple, Things In Life

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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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  Pay, Heat, Apartment

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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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  Aggravation, Musician, Doe

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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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  Believe, Fighting, Simple

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• In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks.

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  Guitar, Japan, People

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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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  Rocks, Play, Use

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• James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

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  Guitar, Play, Reason

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• After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your fingers.

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  Hands, Use, Kind

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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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  School, Rivers, Play

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• I love both my parents dearly.

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  Parent

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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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  Doubt, Taught, Lost

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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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  Years, Long, People

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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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  Wish, Scare, Shy

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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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  Brother, Dad, Gold

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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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  Strong, Icons, Gigs

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• I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.

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  Mom, Dad, Blessed

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• I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.

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  Musician, Bills, Great Music

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• The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.

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  Parent, Care, Take Care

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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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  Country, Black, Sometimes

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