“We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?” IfsWorldLifeKindDifferentLife IsOur LivesSweetDiversityMusicianHarmonyEndureContraryLoudToneFlatsEnduranceHarsh Book:Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings Source: Montaigne's Essays and Selected Writings
“In sweet music is such art: killing care and grief of heart fall asleep, or hearing, die.” HeartArtCareDiesFallGriefMusicSweetComfortMusicianMusic IsKillingHearingOrpheusSweet MusicHearing Music Author:William Shakespeare
“Well the artists that inspire me were, first of all I would say Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Errol Dunkley, Delroy Wilson and Dennis Brown you know. They have unique voice and sweet melody and you know, good lyrics those time yeh. The music was very nice in that time still seen, because you find that even the musical part, the musicians concentrate more on the melody than everything, more than how they concentrate on the money that time you Know” KnowsFirstsWellsStillsArtistVoiceNiceInspireSweetMusicianUniqueMusicalBrownMelodyVery NiceWilsonUnique VoicesSam CookeGood Lyric Author:Gregory Isaacs
“Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang ... On top of that, he has some great sense of humor, both as a musician and as a man. Every time I see him, I'm laughing so much. Sweets is impeccable and incomparable.” KnowsMenDoePlayAnswersLaughingKnow HowToo MuchPlayerSweetApproachMusicianSingersPlentySense Of HumorTrumpetsIncomparableImpeccable Author:Ella Fitzgerald
“The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one and only. He was one of the greatest Blues players that I ever heard and played with. Nobody can play like Sweets man, nobody! Most of us, musicians, frequently quote Sweets' phrases in our solos. Like Lester Young, Sweets had a big influence on us musicians, especially when we play some Blues.” MenWayPlayBigsYoungPlayerHeardInfluenceSweetMusicianUniquePhrasesSpokesSoloAmazing ThingsLester Young Author:Ray Brown