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I've been boogie-boarding, off and on, since I was a kid. But I started being devoted to the cause of getting up every morning to surf, when I'm in Los Angeles, about a decade or so ago.

~Gerald Clayton

Topics: About Angeles Been Being Cause Decade Devoted Every Getting Kid Los Los Angeles Morning Off Since Started Surf Up

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A lot of kids have parents who say, 'Music is hard; maybe you should come up with a Plan B.' Whenever I hear that kind of 'advice,' I think it's bad parenting. I was lucky to have a parent who assured me it was a possibility to pursue music.

~Gerald Clayton

Topics: Advice Assured Bad Come Hard Hear Kids Kind Lot Lucky Maybe Me Music Parent Parenting Parents Plan Possibility Pursue Say Should Think Up Whenever Who You I Think

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I'm really open-minded, musically. The credo I ascribe to is, 'Take care of the music, and let the rest take care of itself.' Growing up, I was a sponge and soaked up everything I was exposed to.

~Gerald Clayton

Topics: Ascribe Care Everything Exposed Growing Growing Up Itself Music Musically Open-Minded Really Rest Sponge Take Take Care Up

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When somebody uses a word as a genre distinction, all it really does is trigger certain experiences, or music, that somebody's been exposed to. But that's an individual thing; there's no sort of universal understanding of what jazz is.

~Gerald Clayton

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I think I knew I was going to be a musician for the rest of my life kind of early. When I was in third grade, I was playing in a talent show, and my dad wrote a two- or three-minute boogie-woogie piece. I played it, everybody loved it, and I was like, 'Wow, this is great.'

~Gerald Clayton

Topics: Dad Early Everybody Going Grade Great Kind Knew Life Like Loved Musician My Life Piece Played Playing Rest Show Talent Think Third Two Wow Wrote I Think

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I think the main focus as a musician should be to play the music you love to play, and the rest is going to come naturally.

~Gerald Clayton

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Some people say that if you do anything other than a straight-ahead groove, that it's not jazz. But that kind of labeling is wrong. Music is what it is; if it sounds good, it sounds good.

~Gerald Clayton

Topics: Anything Good Groove Jazz Kind Labeling Music Other People People Say Say Some Some People Sounds Than Wrong You

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The point is to almost be child-minded, like you're discovering music for the first time, every time you play.

~Gerald Clayton

Topics: Almost Discovering Every Every Time First First Time Like Music Play Point Time You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: May 11th, 1984

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