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Quote by Charles Mingus

“If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats”

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Charles Mingus, born on April 22, 1922, was an influential jazz bassist, composer, and bandleader from the United States. His music style combined jazz, blues, classical music, and African rhythms, leaving a profound impact on the music world. more

“That sound in tune to you?.. Sounds sharp to me. Sounds like I'm playing sharp all the time. My singing teacher told us you should do that. Maybe I got it from her. She said singers when they grow old have a tendency to go flat. So if you sing sharp as a young person, as you get older and go flat, you'll be in tune. In other words, it's never thought good to be flat. It means you can't get to the tone.”

Ifs Should Mean Persons Said Young Grows Sound Teacher Singing Jazz Singers Tendencies Tone Tunes Flats

Author:Charles Mingus

“Bach is how buildings got taller. It's how we got to the moon.”

Building Moon

Book:Mingus Speaks

Source: Mingus Speaks

“There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.”

Firsts Has Beens Two Revelations Homeopathy

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

“The idea of life is to give and receive.”

Giving Ideas Life Is Giving And Receiving

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.”

Trying Dies Winning Sound Goes On Get Up Horns

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

“You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.”

Ifs World Bird Stealing Charlie

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

“I think that it's really nice to learn that makeup is different for every person. Everyone has a different feature on their face that they like to show off.”

Thinking Persons Different Shows Faces Nice Features Makeup Really Nice Showing Off

Author:Lauren Conrad

“There are a lot of great players... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.”

Player Special Something Special

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

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