“There is no truer truth obtainable by Man than comes of music”
Source: The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, La Saisiaz, Etc.
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“Music is love in search of a word.”
Source: Poems of Sidney Lanier
“I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.”
“Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.”
“A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.”
“When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.”
“The world thinks that music is a commercial commodity. I'm glad that is not my code.”
“If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.”
Source: Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Source: Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
“External instruments are only extensions of the biological instrument.”
“As long as you've got your horn in your mouth, you're developing.”
“The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial.”
“I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.”
“I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.”
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“Art is self expression. If you are expressing someone else's personality, that is not art.”
“One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?”
“Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.”
“You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops.”
Source: The World of Earl Hines
“Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.”
“I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better.”
“Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.”
Source: Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music
“Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles.”