"I feel fortunate to have been able to be with such great musicians. I feel that's really the way I developed my own music and art form; by getting continually inspired by great musicians, and also learning various musicians' approaches -- and their way. It's the standard way anyone learns a skill, which is apprenticeship. You work with someone who does what you want to do very well, and you learn the basic ideas and then take it where you want to go." - Chick Corea
source: digitalinterviews.com
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Kenny Burrell Quotes
"My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use your work ethic and produce great music." - Kenny Burrell
Benny Goodman Quotes
“Whatever you do, don’t stop. Just keep on going. Because one way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there—there are a million of ‘em. But if you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come." - Benny Goodman (advice to Glenn Miller, when he asked Benny how he managed an orchestra with such great success)
source: Interview with American Heritage Magazine (Oct/Nov, 1981)
source: Interview with American Heritage Magazine (Oct/Nov, 1981)
Artie Shaw Quotes
"Whatever you do in life, aim at perfection. It will not be understood or even appreciated by most people. However, in the long run, the closer you come to achieving your own inner standards of perfection, and they'll be rising all the time, the better you'll be. In your lifetime you will come reasonable close (two or three times) to perfection. I've come about twice where I can say that is as close to perfection as I can get. I consider myself an 80-percent loser, of which I am proud. So, have fun. Get into your life and do what you enjoy and be the best at what you can be. Maybe you won't be successful and rich by the world's standards, but you will have the best life capable of having. If you don't do that, you're cheating yourself." - Artie Shaw
source: Artie Shaw's commencement speech entitled 'Three Chords For Beauty And One To Pay The Rent', given to the graduates at California Lutheran University, 1987.
source: Artie Shaw's commencement speech entitled 'Three Chords For Beauty And One To Pay The Rent', given to the graduates at California Lutheran University, 1987.
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald
Charlie Haden Quotes
"I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician." - Charlie Haden
Sonny Rollins Quotes
"I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz." - Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane Quotes
"All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws." - John Coltrane
Miles Davis Quotes
"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life." - Miles Davis
Dave Brubeck Quotes
"And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into." - Dave Brubeck
Chet Baker Quotes
"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met." - Chet Baker
