I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing..
The true artform is being a human being..
This is a tradition of resistance to the term that's as old as the term itself, especially because that term has been used to commodify and reduce bl….
There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know..
Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it..
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today..
I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music..
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz..
There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening..
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism..
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing..
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music..
I do find modern jazz quite tricky..
One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open..
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique..
If you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from..
It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself..
Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes.
Jazz music is a language of the emotions..
What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on..
Lately, Ive been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!.