Jazz? has no boundaries.
You can practice to learn technique, but I’m more interested in conceiving something in the moment.
It’s not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
I think there’s a great beauty to having problems. That’s one of the ways we learn.
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
The more you play, the more you hear and the more you hear, the more you want to play.
You could go out and eat and come back and the note would still be playing.
The guitar and the dog, in order not to be separated from man, have submitted themselves with resignation to the worst alterations of size and appearance.
We don’t talk music. We just play.
I thought of nothing else but rock ‘n’ roll; apart from sex and food and money–but that’s all the same thing, really.
I do Jazz, Blues, Country and so forth. I do them all like a good utility man.
I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.
Wes Montgomery played impossible things on the guitar because it was never pointed out to him that they were impossible.
As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and be yawning your head off.
I’m a big fan of music, a student. I just wanna learn and keep enhancing my education about Jazz.
What I’m doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word – I love it.
You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.
I try to teach by example and not force ideas on a young musician. We’re here to be part of a process of exchange.
