The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own human fai….
When Bird came on the scene, it was just as shocking as in the Bible: everything was dark, and then the light appeared for the first time..
We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only..
The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful..
A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support.
It's very weird to write a song in your apartment and then realize that this random person knows all the words to it..
At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no right, under pretext of freeing yourself,….
A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination..
Music is the eye of the ear..
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes..
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance..
I prefer Offenbach to Bach often..
Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the heart it enters, even though that heart is not in the least wor….
Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poe….
The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their att….
We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together..
Love songs last because they are about feelings that don't change..
One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but t….
Music happens to be an art form that transcends language..
In this world we've created Where this place that we live in a blink of an eye the darkness slips in Love lights the world Unites the love that's….
And when the storms came through They found me and you Back together And when the sun would shine It was yours and mine. Yours and mine forever..