You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy says, 'Yes, where are you going?' And he says, 'I want a ticket to nowhere.' I thought: that's it. The freedom to do that. I want a ticket to nowhere.
Your humanity is your instrument. - Wayne Shorter
Your humanity is your instrument.
- Wayne Shorter
To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown. - Wayne Shorter
To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown.
If all you have is music, then you don't have music - Wayne Shorter
If all you have is music, then you don't have music
No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown? - Wayne Shorter
No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?
Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory. - Wayne Shorter
Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory.
Play and write music the way you want the world to be. - Wayne Shorter
Play and write music the way you want the world to be.
Composing is improvisation slowed down. - Wayne Shorter
Composing is improvisation slowed down.
The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and cour… - Wayne Shorter
The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and cour…
Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you… - Wayne Shorter
Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you…
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