"I met Gary (Burton) at the Wichita Jazz Festival when I was 18 -- he was one of my favorite musicians and I got to play a few tunes with him there. Shortly after that, I joined his band, which was the equivalent of joining the Beatles for me! He was, and still is, one of the greatest musicians I have ever been lucky enough to be around." - Pat Metheny
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Pat Metheny Quotes
"1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar." - Pat Metheny
source: digitalinterviews.com
source: digitalinterviews.com
Pat Metheny Quotes
"..my older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in various classical situations and he was already an amazing talent. The comparisons of being his little brother and also playing the trumpet -- and, I have to add, I was not a naturally gifted trumpet player -- didn't feel that good. I thought my name was "Mike Metheny's little brother." - Pat Metheny
source: digitalinterviews.com
source: digitalinterviews.com
Pat Metheny Quotes
"To me, if it's anything, Jazz is a verb - it's more like a process than it is a thing." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound." - Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Quotes
"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz." - Pat Metheny
