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The whole point in developing your own style is to find your own voice.

~Dave Holland

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I started playing with a group of young people when I was 13. I turned professional when I was 15 and I played dance halls, this on bass guitar.

~Dave Holland

Topics: Bass Dance Group Guitar Halls People Played Playing Professional Started Turned Young Young People

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I think there is great interest amongst the younger people in this music. I think that there is a lot of them that are looking for interesting situations and music that is stimulating.

~Dave Holland

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I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today. I think music needs to be of its time and speak to that time.

~Dave Holland

Topics: Direct Honest Important Music Needs Relevant Speak Think Time Today I Think

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In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding of it. I think you just have to allow your feelings to go with the music and you will find yourself carried along by it fairly quickly.

~Dave Holland

Topics: Allow Along Carried Content Emotional Fact Fairly Feeling Feelings Find Go Great Great Feeling In Fact Jazz Just Music Quickly Really Require Technical Think Understanding Will You Your Yourself I Think

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All of the musicians when I was young used to always say you had to tell a story when you're a musician.

~Dave Holland

Topics: Always Had Musician Musicians Say Story Tell Used You Young

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It was only when I started to dig my heels in that I started to realize that's what I needed to do - that nobody was going to open the door for me, that I had to make some space.

~Dave Holland

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To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.

~Dave Holland

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You have to find a way to protect yourself in a certain way from people who are constantly demanding your time.

~Dave Holland

Topics: Certain Certain Way Constantly Demanding Find People Protect Time Way Who You Your Yourself

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I want to be surprised by what people do, I don't want to work with people who need to be told what to do. I want people to show me what they've got.

~Dave Holland

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Musician

Born: October 1st, 1946

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