The music has generated all the techniques I use. When I sit down to learn to play something . . . it is not because I want to master a technique. It…

- Pat Martino

True Music, like all true Art, is an experience to be shared, not judged, for praise cannot make it better, as blame cannot make it worse

- Pat Martino

The guitar is of no great importance to me. The people it brings to me are what matter. They are what I'm extremely grateful for, because they are al…

- Pat Martino

The music has generated all the techniques I use.

- Pat Martino

As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader, the bar…

- Pat Martino

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

- Pat Martino