Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

- Pat Metheny

Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.

- Pat Metheny

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

- Pat Metheny

My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.

- Pat Metheny

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

- Pat Metheny

Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence.

- Pat Metheny

One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.

- Pat Metheny

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young

- Pat Metheny

More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.

- Pat Metheny