“I definitely had some moments, where, "Wow, these were some hard chords" on some gig.” Quote by Jon Gordon
“I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.” MindSelfSpaceSurvivalSacredTechniquePreservationSelf PreservationSacred Space Author:Jon Gordon
“Definitely I had a lot of times where I was really hard on myself. Really frustrated. But I never felt like I had someplace else to go. Just had to stay here and deal with this.” HardFeltDealsFrustrated Author:Jon Gordon
“I think what frustrated me more than anything else in my formative years was that I just had to work. I had to have a job. Like twenty to thirty hours a week, a lot of times in high school and college. And that was hard.” ThinkingYearsHardSchoolJobsHoursWeekCollegeHigh SchoolTwentiesThirtyFrustratedFormative Years Author:Jon Gordon
“I didn't have time to deal with practicing in a way that I would have liked to. I wish I could have just said, "I've got four to five hours every day that I'm going to go deal with music." I just didn't' have that. I missed a lot of lessons, but I think that maybe was frustrating to me in a big picture sense of, I need the time and energy to put into my instrument.” ThinkingWayNeedsSaidBigsEnergyWishHoursDealsFiveFourLessonsInstrumentsFrustratingBig PictureTime And Energy Author:Jon Gordon
“I don't know that there was a moment, like one specific moment where I was like "Ugh. Now what do I do?" I was just always like, "I'm just in here and if I have to fight with myself or ask for help or just be lost for a little while, but I'm just going to keep looking." Because music was all I had.” IfsKnowsLittlesMomentsHelpingFightingAsksLostUgh Author:Jon Gordon
“I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."” ArtRememberBlessed Author:Jon Gordon
“I never got to play with Art [ Blakey], but he was kind and spoke to me a number of times. He said, "You know, the people who are working 40 hours a week. Those are the ones who are really paying dues. Sitting at a desk doing the same thing every day. We're really blessed to do what we do."” PeopleKnowsKindArtSaidPlayHoursNumbersWeekSittingBlessedDuesSpokesDesks Author:Jon Gordon
“I think that's important to remember - That we're blessed to even be able to attempt to do this [music].” ThinkingImportantAbleRememberBlessed Author:Jon Gordon
“Sometimes I say to my students, "We get to come and listen to our favorite recordings and try to learn from them and emulate that and hopefully we can inspire other people the way we've been inspired."” PeopleWayTryingSometimesStudentsInspireInspiredHopefullyEmulateInspire Others Author:Jon Gordon
“Teaching has definitely become a big part of my life in the past ten plus years. As it often does for many dedicated players. Because you can have some great gigs.” YearsDoeBigsPastPlayerTeachingTenPlusDedicatedGigs Author:Jon Gordon