If the average jazz artist uses his head and at the outset of his career realizes he won't play as well at fifty as he does at twenty-five, he won't be in a line-up outside the Salvation Army when he's fifty.
I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics. - Oscar Peterson
I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.
- Oscar Peterson
I don't require lust, sex, or classic beauty; I require trust, respect, and honesty. All else builds from there. - Oscar Peterson
I don't require lust, sex, or classic beauty; I require trust, respect, and honesty. All else builds from there.
He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz. - Oscar Peterson
He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.
I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one. - Oscar Peterson
I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. If yo… - Oscar Peterson
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. If yo…
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and h… - Oscar Peterson
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and h…
Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted … - Oscar Peterson
Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted …
Sweets [Edison] can say more with one note than any other Jazz player alive... an approach that stresses simplicity, glorious tone, natural potency a… - Oscar Peterson
Sweets [Edison] can say more with one note than any other Jazz player alive... an approach that stresses simplicity, glorious tone, natural potency a…
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. - Oscar Peterson
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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