Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to what I would call now the more 'simp…

- Larry Carlton

Lenny Breau had the ability to reach into your heart.

- Larry Carlton

People ask me to describe how I play, and the most obvious answer is that I'm a jazz influenced guitar player. But I'm not a jazz guitar player. Wes …

- Larry Carlton

My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery. I was all o…

- Larry Carlton

There are any number of players with extensive jazz backgrounds who haven't been able to fit into other styles," "It all boils down to taste, to play…

- Larry Carlton

It's the opportunity to play something completely different, responding to what happened just before you started to play, and I love that.

- Larry Carlton

In jazz improv, there is no such thing as wrong notes, only notes that are better chosen and it's not about the note you play, it's about the note yo…

- Larry Carlton

I want to figure out how I can make the most important statement with the least amount of information, so I don't run out of ideas by the time I get …

- Larry Carlton