"When I went to school to learn how to play, they didn't teach me jazz or classical or rock. They taught me how to play music, and the notes are the same. When Keith Richards plays a G-flat minor, minor 7 chord, it's the same chord Bach uses, it's the same chord Miles uses. It's just music." - Alphonso Johnson
source: digitalinterviews.com
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Howard Roberts Quotes
"I've come up with the theory that the music is within. We don't bring it in; it's already there. We have to figure out how to get it out." - Howard Roberts
Art Blakey Quotes
"Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow." - Art Blakey
source: Interview with WUSS Radio (August 18, 1977)
source: Interview with WUSS Radio (August 18, 1977)
Ludwin Von Beethoven Quotes
"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth." - Ludwin Von Beethoven
Gary Bartz Quotes
"Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't." — Gary Bartz
Duke Ellington Quotes
"Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion." - Duke Ellington
Cornel West Quotes
"Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent." - Cornel West
Aldous Huxley Quotes
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible, is music." - Aldous Huxley
Nat King Cole Quotes
"The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it." - Nat King Cole
Lionel Hampton Quotes
"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands." - Lionel Hampton
Kenny G Quotes
"What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people." - Kenny G
John McLaughlin Quotes
"I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself." - John McLaughlin
Herbie Mann Quotes
"Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love." - Herbie Mann
Herbie Hancock Quotes
"Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference." - Herbie Hancock
George Gershwin Quotes
"True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today." - George Gershwin
George Benson Quotes
"I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it." - George Benson
