Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

- Charlie Parker

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

- Charlie Parker

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary…

- Charlie Parker

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all tha…

- Charlie Parker

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

- Charlie Parker

Don't be afraid, just play the music.

- Charlie Parker

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.

- Charlie Parker

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

- Charlie Parker

Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight liar. When I get too much to drink, …

- Charlie Parker