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“Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn, Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute, Are half so sweet as tender human words.”

Humans Half Music Rich Sweet Trump Guitar Horns Flutes Pining Cymbals

Book:Dramatic Scenes ; with Other Poems Now First Printed

Source: Dramatic Scenes ; with Other Poems Now First Printed

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”

“If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.”

“Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.”

Ends Music Mouths Murder Jazz Musical Horns

Author:Gerry Mulligan

“As long as you've got your horn in your mouth, you're developing.”

Long Music Mouths Jazz Musical Developing Horns

Author:Zoot Sims

“Blow your life through your horn.”

Music Jazz Blow Horns

Author:Arturo Sandoval

“My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.”

Soul Whole Spirit Music Jazz Blow Whole Life Horns

Author:Louis Armstrong

“As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind Miles Davis'a horn.”

Ifs Behinds Music Beats Miles Horns Anchors Bassists

Author:Michael Connelly

“It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with the horn. It’s a wonderful thing to speak extemporaneously, which is something I’ve never gotten the hang of. But musically I love to talk just off the top of my head. And that’s what jazz music is all about.”

Speak Language Music Wonderful Music Is Jazz Sentences Scales Wonderful Things Chords Horns Jazz Music Alphabet

Author:Stan Getz