Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over new York City, and somebody says, `Let's call Desmond,' and somebody else says, 'Why bother? He's probably home reading the Encyclopedia Britannica.'
Our basic audience begins with creaking elderly types of twenty-three and above. - Paul Desmond
Our basic audience begins with creaking elderly types of twenty-three and above.
- Paul Desmond
It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo. - Paul Desmond
It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though I don't … - Paul Desmond
I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though I don't …
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. - Paul Desmond
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.
Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how… - Paul Desmond
Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how…
I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. - Paul Desmond
I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.
We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh… - Paul Desmond
We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh…
Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But it's really more… - Paul Desmond
Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But it's really more…
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini. - Paul Desmond
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
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