Music chooses her musicians.
You know at an early age if you have a talent for music.
The more you listen, the more your hear.
If you’ve only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.
I saw a vibraphone for the first time and knew immediately I had found my means of expression.
So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It’s over; it’s on the record.
Musicianship is using your two ears.
I worked until I could play and do changes at any tempo in any key and said ‘What else is there?’ Now I’m finding out.
The way a band works is a metaphor for all sorts of collaborative and larger enterprises that people do.
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
If you follow your passions, you’ll never work a day in your life.
Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles.
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.
After the music is over it’s gone in the air. You can never capture it again.
When it comes to music, don’t lie to yourself; just tell yourself the truth.
Jazz improvisation is the art of drawing without an eraser.
