“What's interesting about a person without problems?” PersonsProblemInterestingMusicJazzMusical Author:Carla Bley
“I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.” MusicTakenJazzChordsLush Author:Carla Bley
“I dont enjoy traveling in America. I dont like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.” EnoughAmericaBitsEnjoyCarTasteAirlineExoticAirline Food Author:Carla Bley
“When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo.” PeoplePlayBehindsImagineSoloChordsHornsHorny Author:Carla Bley
“When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.” MusicStudyRecordsTeacherListeningMusicianJazzBest ThingsThings To DoJust ListenAbsorbingPianistBest TeacherLive Music Author:Carla Bley
“Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.” ImportantListeningMusic IsReceiving Author:Carla Bley
“I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.” YearsPlayFatherWalksTeacherLessonsPianoMusic Teacher Author:Carla Bley
“Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.” WantedSophisticatedBakersMulligansChet Baker Author:Carla Bley
“I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance.” ThinkingIgnoranceSongwritingSo Boring Author:Carla Bley
“I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.” WorldStillsEndsPlayLeftJazzNotesListenersGallery Author:Carla Bley
“I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.” StillsStuffCirclesFull CircleBebop Author:Carla Bley
“It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.” HardWould BeTodayPoliticalSeriousJokes Author:Carla Bley
“Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.” WritingBigsTalentBandComposer Author:Carla Bley
“One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.” ArtBandMusic IsPerformersFarmersAds Author:Carla Bley
“There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all.” WorldRocksHappeningsWorthwhile Author:Carla Bley
“When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key.” LittlesStarsKeysBandFranceBusMinorsArrangementsBanner Author:Carla Bley
