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I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.

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When I was very young, there was a lot of music at home, mostly jazz. I was walking around singing and pretending I was in bands from a very young age. But the first song that was really personal to me was 'Blue Suede Shoes'.

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Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.

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It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

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Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.

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Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

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With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.

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Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.

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Every record I have done was because I was a person's friend. The only time we did not continue to be friends was if the record did not become a hit. If it did, we became great friends.

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It was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 19th, 1952

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