“I love jazz and blues, where there's a structure, but a lot of the cool stuff is veering off the page and playing.”

Meaning

The quote compares jazz and blues to something that has rules but still leaves room for creativity. It suggests the speaker values the balance between structure and improvisation. In that balance, the most interesting part is what happens when a performer goes beyond the expected pattern.

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Originally said in English.

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