Chuck Mangione

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me: ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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I have been recording for five decades now. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

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