“You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.” Quote by Jon Gordon
“There are a lot of different ways you can be a part of this music and love it and make a contribution that's personal to you.” WayDifferentAnd LoveDifferent WaysContributionMusic And Love Author:Jon Gordon
“If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're a genius and that you're entitled to something, it's a little tougher.” IfsLittlesSpiritGeniusGood ThingsAssumptionEntitled Author:Jon Gordon
“There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented.” MightChanceBrilliant Author:Jon Gordon
“It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music all the time and you want to learn about it and you want to be around the people who do it, you'll find your own way.” PeopleIfsWayWantHardReadyGeniusUnlikelyListening To Music Author:Jon Gordon
“If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me, "We're blessed to have the opportunity to do this." So just keep that in mind.” IfsWayWantMindArtSaidOpportunityDifficultPlayerBlessed Author:Jon Gordon
“There's a lot of good people out here that want to help you grow and to help the music to continue to grow and evolve and go find those folks and be around them and carry it on... carrying the tradition on in the way with what it is that you have to offer. Find some good people in the music that will believe in you and they'll help you do that.” PeopleWayWantBelieveHelpingGrowsOffersTraditionFolksEvolveGood PeopleBelieve In You Author:Jon Gordon
“I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and I do know from what my parents tell me that I was always interested in art, although not very good at it.” KnowsArtParentBornCitiesVery GoodKansasMissouriKansas City Author:Warren MacKenzie
“At that [childhood] time, of course, if you were involved in art, it was going to be drawing and painting, because that's the only thing that was taught in the schools.” IfsArtSchoolCoursesChildhoodTaughtPaintingInvolvedDrawingDrawing And Painting Author:Warren MacKenzie
“I thought, oh, I'm going to be a painter. And eventually my family had moved near Chicago, and when I graduated from high school, I went to the Chicago Art Institute, and it was there that I thought, well, now I'm going to be a painter.” WellsArtSchoolHigh SchoolMy FamilyMovedPainterChicagoInstitute Author:Warren MacKenzie
“I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took painting classes - basic elementary painting classes and drawing classes of all sorts.” ArtSchoolClassPaintingAreasDrawingChicagoInstitute Author:Warren MacKenzie