In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness.

- Charlie Haden

Chris (Anderson) is risking his life with every chord, that's how much it means to him. He has such a reverence for beauty, he plays like an angel.

- Charlie Haden

I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that …

- Charlie Haden

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them.

- Charlie Haden

I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment that you’re in … …

- Charlie Haden

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass s…

- Charlie Haden

Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way.

- Charlie Haden

You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.

- Charlie Haden

I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and …

- Charlie Haden