Good Lord's been kind to me, that's all I can say. I wake up in the morning with music in my head a lot of times. I won't say every morning, but I wake up in the morning sometimes with eight bars in my head and I just go to the piano.
The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going o… - Horace Silver
The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going o…
- Horace Silver
Jazz is not background music. - Horace Silver
Jazz is not background music.
Good Lord's been kind to me, that's all I can say. I wake up in the morning with music in my head a lot of times. I won't say every morning, but I wa… - Horace Silver
Good Lord's been kind to me, that's all I can say. I wake up in the morning with music in my head a lot of times. I won't say every morning, but I wa…
I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each day, and I will try to use each da… - Horace Silver
I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each day, and I will try to use each da…
Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles. - Horace Silver
Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.
We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different. - Horace Silver
We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it. - Horace Silver
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. I… - Horace Silver
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. I…
They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do … - Horace Silver
They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do …
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