Dexter Gordon Quotes

"I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"The music scene is more competitive in the States." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"Music is a reservoir... of sounds." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"If you can't play the blues, you might as well hang it up." - Dexter Gordon

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"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something." - Dexter Gordon

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"Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future." - Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon Quotes

"A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on." - Dexter Gordon