The World Motivation
The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.
“The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.”
— John Scofield · Changed
The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing, and to a groove and a level of feel in playing funk-jazz.
It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.
I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.
The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists - the kids can't come. If they do, then they spend their entire monthly allotments on a 45-minute set.
It's really good to be forced to get away and try something else, find something that's exciting.
The climate is changing; I don't think you can deny that. But climate has always changed.
I haven't changed a bit. I go out with my mates, but I probably have to watch what I do a little more.
When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.
I'm trying my best to keep things exactly the same. Spotify hasn't changed my process other than doubling up. We do twice a week now.
Especially when you play a character for so many years, the character ends up reflecting a lot of who you are and I think I've changed a lot since then, but that represented a lot of who I was as a teenager.