Susannah McCorkle

I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That’s the point now isn’t it?

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.

They’re not particular whether you’re playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.

There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell them.

Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn’t about standing still and being safe.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

There is nothing more stuntastic than rapping in front of an orchestra.

If a Jazz musician plays someone else’s song, he has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement.

Composing makes me feel like I’ve finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

As far back as I can remember, singing was in my blood. My parents loved music, and I loved to sing. I was scatting at an early age.

When Bird came on the scene, it was shocking as in the Bible: everything was dark and then there was light.

No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music.