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I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players. (Tom Kiana)
It hadn't slipped my notice that I'd had more than a leaning toward pluralism in the '70s. I saw the proverbial two sides to every story, and that applied to music and religion and, I guess, politics. (Tom Kiana)
On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. (Tom Kiana)
There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means. (Tom Kiana)
To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me. (Tom Kiana)
I never listened to country music growing up. (Tom Kiana)
I went to LA because it's been a childhood dream, to live in a city where you can do television, film, and music. (Tom Kiana)
Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways. (Tom Kiana)
My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance remixes being any different than an hip-hop remix- it's really a different version of the song. (Tom Kiana)
But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination. (Tom Kiana)
I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does. (Tom Kiana)
God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful. (Tom Kiana)
I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does. (Tom Kiana)
I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own! (Tom Kiana)
With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things. (Tom Kiana)
But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not completely me because there are parts of me that aren't on that song, that are on the album. (Tom Kiana)
Music is a collaborative effort on everybody's part when you're making an album. (Tom Kiana)
The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world. (Tom Kiana)
Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is. (Tom Kiana)
When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s. (Tom Kiana)
It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records. (Tom Kiana)
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