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"You know I'm a Jewish
sax player from Seattle." "You realize that, right?" I said, "You know what?
I quit." "I quit. You guys need
to drop me from the label." He goes, "What are you
talking about?" I said,
"What am I talking about?" "What do I know about 15-year-old
kids in the ghetto?" "What do you mean?
We need to write songs they can groove to, from me?" "I have no idea
what you're talking about." So he goes,
"Look, look, before..." "Well, do me a favor." "There's a Junior Walker
song..." ♪ ("WHAT DOES IT TAKE" BY
JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS
PLAYING) ♪ "...and we think
that if you do a redo, it could be really good." "Has vocals, but it's really
a sax song." So I listened to the song
and I went, "Okay, that seems like
a good compromise." ♪ (SONG CONTINUES) ♪ Record comes out. It's kind of a hit. And we're at 300,000 records. That's good for me
sax player from Seattle." "You realize that, right?" I said, "You know what?
I quit." "I quit. You guys need
to drop me from the label." He goes, "What are you
talking about?" I said,
"What am I talking about?" "What do I know about 15-year-old
kids in the ghetto?" "What do you mean?
We need to write songs they can groove to, from me?" "I have no idea
what you're talking about." So he goes,
"Look, look, before..." "Well, do me a favor." "There's a Junior Walker
song..." ♪ ("WHAT DOES IT TAKE" BY
JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS
PLAYING) ♪ "...and we think
that if you do a redo, it could be really good." "Has vocals, but it's really
a sax song." So I listened to the song
and I went, "Okay, that seems like
a good compromise." ♪ (SONG CONTINUES) ♪ Record comes out. It's kind of a hit. And we're at 300,000 records. That's good for me
Full Transcript
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"You know I'm a Jewish
sax player from Seattle."
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"You realize that, right?"
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I said, "You know what?
I quit."
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"I quit. You guys need
to drop me from the label."
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He goes, "What are you
talking about?"
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I said,
"What am I talking about?"
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"What do I know
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about 15-year-old
kids in the ghetto?"
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"What do you mean?
We need to write songs
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they can groove to, from me?"
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"I have no idea
what you're talking about."
00:00:25.125 --> 00:00:28.625
So he goes,
"Look, look, before..."
00:00:28.708 --> 00:00:30.209
"Well, do me a favor."
00:00:30.292 --> 00:00:31.075
"There's a Junior Walker
song..."
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♪ ("WHAT DOES IT TAKE" BY
JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS
PLAYING) ♪
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"...and we think
that if you do a redo,
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it could be really good."
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"Has vocals, but it's really
a sax song."
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So I listened to the song
and I went,
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"Okay, that seems like
a good compromise."
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♪ (SONG CONTINUES) ♪
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Record comes out.
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It's kind of a hit.
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And we're at 300,000 records.
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That's good for me.
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Movie Summary
An examination of the most popular instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G, and why he is polarizing to so many.
