Dr. Peter Weller
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Get up and play your Bach. Get up and play your Bach. So there's very few people. And David Roche is a great actor, one of the great unsung funny actors ever. He goes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Reminds me of my dad. He would say, get up and take your shoes out of the den. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I got. So very few people are Mozart, right? Most people are struggling along.
Get up and play your Bach. Get up and play your Bach. So there's very few people. And David Roche is a great actor, one of the great unsung funny actors ever. He goes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Reminds me of my dad. He would say, get up and take your shoes out of the den. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I got. So very few people are Mozart, right? Most people are struggling along.
Get up and play your Bach. Get up and play your Bach. So there's very few people. And David Roche is a great actor, one of the great unsung funny actors ever. He goes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Reminds me of my dad. He would say, get up and take your shoes out of the den. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I got. So very few people are Mozart, right? Most people are struggling along.
And then you find your jam, and then you go do your thing. And when I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I was talking about this with Mark yesterday. I'm on a bandstand, just like Whiplash. Somebody's yelling at me. I'm not cutting this thing. There's a tune called Cloudburst, a great Basie tune. I'm not cutting a solo, man. I'm not cutting a sad thing. I'm not going to be Miles Davis.
And then you find your jam, and then you go do your thing. And when I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I was talking about this with Mark yesterday. I'm on a bandstand, just like Whiplash. Somebody's yelling at me. I'm not cutting this thing. There's a tune called Cloudburst, a great Basie tune. I'm not cutting a solo, man. I'm not cutting a sad thing. I'm not going to be Miles Davis.
And then you find your jam, and then you go do your thing. And when I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I was talking about this with Mark yesterday. I'm on a bandstand, just like Whiplash. Somebody's yelling at me. I'm not cutting this thing. There's a tune called Cloudburst, a great Basie tune. I'm not cutting a solo, man. I'm not cutting a sad thing. I'm not going to be Miles Davis.
I'm not going to play on a bandstand the rest of my life for $49 a change. I got to find something to say out of Vietnam, but I thank God I go back to jazz. But at that time, I'm a jazz guy who's going, I can't do it, man. I'm not going to be the greats I went to school with, Bones Malone, Lou Mariniard, Dean Parks, or all these, these are savants, by the way, who played in every record you hear.
I'm not going to play on a bandstand the rest of my life for $49 a change. I got to find something to say out of Vietnam, but I thank God I go back to jazz. But at that time, I'm a jazz guy who's going, I can't do it, man. I'm not going to be the greats I went to school with, Bones Malone, Lou Mariniard, Dean Parks, or all these, these are savants, by the way, who played in every record you hear.
I'm not going to play on a bandstand the rest of my life for $49 a change. I got to find something to say out of Vietnam, but I thank God I go back to jazz. But at that time, I'm a jazz guy who's going, I can't do it, man. I'm not going to be the greats I went to school with, Bones Malone, Lou Mariniard, Dean Parks, or all these, these are savants, by the way, who played in every record you hear.
Bruce Fowler, these are guys, names you don't know, but Lou Marini was on the SNL forever and ever.
Bruce Fowler, these are guys, names you don't know, but Lou Marini was on the SNL forever and ever.
Bruce Fowler, these are guys, names you don't know, but Lou Marini was on the SNL forever and ever.
But those are the guys who are like the top when I'm going to school, and I'm not going to be there. So I'm that guy who's figuring out what to do. I'm not multifaceted passionate. I'm looking for something to keep me out of Vietnam. Because my dad's back in Vietnam, my brother's back in Vietnam, and they're looking for my ass to go. Like, no, thank you. What am I going to do?
But those are the guys who are like the top when I'm going to school, and I'm not going to be there. So I'm that guy who's figuring out what to do. I'm not multifaceted passionate. I'm looking for something to keep me out of Vietnam. Because my dad's back in Vietnam, my brother's back in Vietnam, and they're looking for my ass to go. Like, no, thank you. What am I going to do?
But those are the guys who are like the top when I'm going to school, and I'm not going to be there. So I'm that guy who's figuring out what to do. I'm not multifaceted passionate. I'm looking for something to keep me out of Vietnam. Because my dad's back in Vietnam, my brother's back in Vietnam, and they're looking for my ass to go. Like, no, thank you. What am I going to do?
Okay, the only thing I know how to do, I've done it for fun, is act. I've done it for fun. A great guy named Bob Yanni, who was the boy genius of Walt Disney, one of the guys who started the Mouseketeers and started Orlando and started Disneyland. Robert Yanni, like a P.T. Barnum for Disney, was drafted on a stage. He heard me sing once and put me on a stage. But I was doing it for kicks, man.
Okay, the only thing I know how to do, I've done it for fun, is act. I've done it for fun. A great guy named Bob Yanni, who was the boy genius of Walt Disney, one of the guys who started the Mouseketeers and started Orlando and started Disneyland. Robert Yanni, like a P.T. Barnum for Disney, was drafted on a stage. He heard me sing once and put me on a stage. But I was doing it for kicks, man.
Okay, the only thing I know how to do, I've done it for fun, is act. I've done it for fun. A great guy named Bob Yanni, who was the boy genius of Walt Disney, one of the guys who started the Mouseketeers and started Orlando and started Disneyland. Robert Yanni, like a P.T. Barnum for Disney, was drafted on a stage. He heard me sing once and put me on a stage. But I was doing it for kicks, man.
I didn't know. I wasn't going to sing. I wasn't going to act. But now I need something because I'm not going to Da Nang. I'm sorry. As a matter of fact, my brother and my father are over there. I'm against this war. This war is a nonsense, man. So what do I do? Okay, I'm going to act. So I changed my major to theater and English. So I'm finding my way along.
I didn't know. I wasn't going to sing. I wasn't going to act. But now I need something because I'm not going to Da Nang. I'm sorry. As a matter of fact, my brother and my father are over there. I'm against this war. This war is a nonsense, man. So what do I do? Okay, I'm going to act. So I changed my major to theater and English. So I'm finding my way along.