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
Listening, Voice, Broadcast, Taping
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
Reason, Some, Which, Improvisation
Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.
- Jan Hammer
Play, Still, Recording, Drums
The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
- Jan Hammer
Music, Passion, Gone, Spontaneity
The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.
- Jan Hammer
World, New York, New, Anywhere Else
It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?
- Jan Hammer
Want, Own, My Own, Rehearse
I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.
- Jan Hammer
Amazing, Year, Over, Sarah
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
Emotions, Happen, Move, Fuel
My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.
- Jan Hammer
Mother, She, Still, Performs
Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
- Jan Hammer
Growing Up, Growing, Very, Jazz Music
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