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. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.

- Horace Silver

Jazz is not background music.

- 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.

- Horace Silver

Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most of it. The harmonies within the mus…

- Horace Silver

I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole…

- Horace Silver

I may be prejudiced, but I believe that jazz music has the strongest healing potential, and it's not just because I play it and love it so much. I fe…

- Horace Silver

Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.

- 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…

- Horace Silver