Jan Hammer

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

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Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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I'm so far removed from live playing any more. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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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

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My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone. ↗

— Jan Hammer

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