John Scofield – HuffPost 8.9.13

Mike Ragogna: Wow. John, what is your advice for new artists?

John Scofield: Boy, my advice is stay true to what you believe in musically, what feels good. Your instinct is everything, it’s all we have not only musically but as human beings, you know? We think about it all the time, but ultimately, your instinct will tell you what’s working. Practice a whole lot because nobody in this kind of music got good without spending many, many, many hours on it. Thousands of hours. It gets easier to practice until when you’re an old fart like me and you actually love to do it every day.