Charlie Parker - Jazz Masters Series
A source page for quotes linked to Charlie Parker.
“Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”
“It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes.”
“Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.”
“I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much.”
“Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.”
“They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.”