Interview · moment 41 of 42
'You Better Love the Music': The Jazz Club Story
from An American Royal with Bert Kreischer | The Tim Dillon Show #341 · #341
4 min
Guest
Bert tells a story about an old black jazz musician telling an eager young white kid 'you better love the music,' using it to explain that comedy and any craft only sustains you if you genuinely love doing it, not the fame or money.
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