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I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
I don't know any jazz stuff. I don't know how to jam in that way. So jamming, for me, is writing a tune.
Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact.