But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music..
Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie.
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true..
How do I get to Carnegie Hall?.
There's a lot of things we could do better..
One place comprehended can make us understand other places better..
he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing.
When we first meet what we love, we could become poets for our longing. When we are removed from what we love, we become singers of grief and weavers….
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C.... The often welcome melodic li….
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary….
Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play..
Don't be afraid, just play the music..
Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you..
I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything..
I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past..
If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward..
I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music t….
People behind the Iron curtain have such an incredible image of America and jazz. I expected to find a Gerry Mulligan or Miles Davis on every corner.….
When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use my own things as they didn't fit any s….
Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music. A….
At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song..