Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.
Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands.
I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever.
The Blues is never old.
Jazz affirms the noblest aspirations of character, individual discipline, perseverance and innovation.
I’ve had the pleasure of playing with the baddest Jazz cats on the planet.
It’s the same for listeners. If you can’t stand your girlfriend, can’t take it anymore, put on your headphones and escape into another world.
I want to keep redefining my work and trying new things. I want my music to be able to fit into any category. I want it to float wherever my heart goes. My music is heart music; giving it any other description is dangerous.
If music is sound and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.
I don’t believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.
If you’re trying to be hip, be hip!
Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I’ll give it to them.
I am attracted to Jazz music for the idea of being in the moment and communicating to people spontaneously.
It’s always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she’s the same old broad.
I don’t worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That’s when I was born.
When you are studying Jazz best thing to do is listen to records and live music as much you can and absorb everything.
If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time!
Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
The blues comes right back to a person’s feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don’t know nothing about the blues, please believe me.
