David Benoit: "I’ve never had a band like this where I had musicians with this caliber, who really cared so much about me as a person and about the music.  You can feel it.  It’s a difference between playing with people that really care and that are going to be there for you, as opposed to people that are studio musicians and say “Hey man, that was cool” and move on to the next thing.  It was nice to feel like you were in that comfort zone of people that really understand how you play, who listen, and communicate."

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Nick Colionne: “To be able to play music is a gift.  Not to do it is a sin.  If you’ve got the gift, you’re supposed to share it.  That’s why God gave it to you, to share it with other people.  And so I try to share the gift.  I try to be the best person that I can be all the time.  I want to be the best musician I can be, but first of all, I want to be the best person that I can be.”

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Wayman Tisdale: “The way I approach the instrument is totally different from a bass player. I don’t get in the way of a bottom bass at all. I don’t even think like a bass player. That’s why I’m able to go out and play all these songs and not get in the way of the bass player.”

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