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• I grew up learning this stuff on the streets of New York. My brother and I used to play in the subway for money.

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  Brother, New York, Growing Up

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• Si no les gustas [al público del Teatro Apollo], te lo hacen saber. Si no tenías talento, te lo hacían saber, y no con amabilidad. Decían cosas como "¡Fuera del escenario!" y algunos improperios que no vamos a mencionar aquí. Era un público duro.

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  Apollo, Crowds, Talent

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• I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about everything. So I tried to incorporate that into my playing, although the original school where I came from was Afro-Cuban music. But I liked all kinds of music -- I tried to bring that into everything.

  Don Alias

  New York, School, Afros

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• Mamá no quería que yo tuviera nada que ver con la música. Perteneciendo a una familia negra de clase media en aquella época, todo el mundo quería que tuvieras una profesión: médico, abogado, etcétera. Así que me envió a estudiar medicina.

  Don Alias

  Mom, Growing Up, School

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• Then, on my way to California, I decided to stop in New York to do some research. I couldn't leave, because that's where the music was!

  Don Alias

  New York, California, Research

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• Estamos hablando de una poetisa, compositora y letrista extremadamente prolífica. Esas cosas salen de su cabeza. Ella [Joni Mitchell] escribirá exactamente lo que vive. Si pone dinero en la máquina de refrescos, escribirá sobre poner dinero en la máquina de refrescos. "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines", en el álbum Shadows & Light, trataba sobre estar sentada junto a un tintorero de Des Moines, jugando en una máquina tragaperras.

  Don Alias

  Writing, Talking, Light

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• She [Joni Mitchell] wanted to have that (jazz) element in her music. Of course, when she heard Jaco's [Jaco Pastorius'] music and met him, that floored her -- really grabbed her. She decided that Wayne Shorter was really conducive to her music. She would speak metaphorically about things. "I want this to sound like a taxicab driver, or a taxi in New York," or "I want this to sound like a telephone ringing." She would speak to musicians like that, and we really tuned into what she would want our music to be.

  Don Alias

  New York, Elements, Want

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