To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that..
Music waves eternal wands,-- Enchantress of the souls of mortals!.
The world changes when there's music in it..
Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love..
Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact..
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a cha….
Rock 'n' roll will never die. There'll always be some arrogant little brat who wants to make music with a guitar..
For me, the main thing is spontaneity & taking chances..
I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll thi….
I think those who say that you can't tango if you are not Argentine are mistaken. Tango was an immigrant music... so it does not have a nationality. ….
A good dancer is one who listens to the musicWe dance the music not the steps. Anyone who aspires to dance never thinks about what he is going to do.….
Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind..
One of the reasons I believe in jazz is that the oneness of man can come through the rhythm of your heart. It’s the same anyplace in the world, that ….
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free it from barren trad….
Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time..
Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none..
Respect your own creativity and respect the creativity and creative space of other people..
Hell is a half-filled auditorium..
I'm thankful For the blessing And the lessons that I've learned with you By my side.
I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out..
The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out..