The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen.

- Lennie Tristano

The jazz musician's function is to feel.

- Lennie Tristano

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

- Lennie Tristano

Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play!

- Lennie Tristano

You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of time at the keyboa…

- Lennie Tristano