Quotes by Marcus Miller

“I pull them out from time to time depending on the vibe, ... Thats a great thing about jazz: We leave it a little space so that we have the opportunity to go where the moment takes us.”

“Everyone was talking about her and telling me I had to check out Donnys daughter, ... I had a gig in Japan at a festival and I wanted to bring in something new, so I asked her to perform. She was just so musical, so fantastic. Every once in a while she would hit one of those notes that would make you think of her father. Weve been working together off and on since then.”

“If you listen to Donny Hathaway, he had a lot of jazz elements in the way he sang, ... For me, the two styles borrow from each other so much that sometimes its hard for me to make a distinction. When you hear Lalah sing the combination, thats when she really shines -- when shes allowed to dip into her jazz when she wants to and then get soulful and do the R&B thing.”

“This is the first time weve played soccer in the spring; we have just played in the fall in the past, so its kind of fun to see some different teams.”

“After conducting extensive market research, we found that Mr. Jims customers were passionate and loyal, but Mr. Jims did not have a consistent brand image. Working with the team at Mr. Jims, we developed a new branding campaign to tell their unique story.”

“It looks like somebody took a machine gun, shot out all the windows and put holes in the cars. All of our 110 cars sustained some kind of damage.”

“We learned a lot more from how we played tonight, than what happened last night (a 12-2 win over Washington). Good teams like West quickly exposed some of the things we need to work on.”

“Hip-hop influences everything and everybody. Its not just music. Its...a culture. Guys like the clean look now ever since Jay-Z said, and I dont wear jerseys no mo Im 30 plus, give me a fresh pair of jeans and a button up. Before that, Jay-Z had everyone wearing jerseys. Jerseys were the thing. But now its different.”

“Kanye West took Sean Carters grown man look to a different level. I remember when white dudes were the only ones who wore blazers and jeans. Now you gotta look like that to even go to the club,”

“We generated a fair amount of offense. We hit the crossbar twice and the post once, so we had some others that were really close.”