"I still practice, in the hope of continually developing. I practice the things I can do well, and I push myself to find a way to do things different, in a world in which nothing is new under the sun. That’s what I have strived for. That’s called innovation." - Michael Max Fleming
source: Interview with the New York Times (June 23, 2010)
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Joe Pass Quotes
"My father would say, 'Play a scale,' and I'd play one and he'd say, 'What about the rest? There must be one above,' so we'd figure them out. I'd start the scale on the root of the chord and I'd go as far as my hand would reach without going out of position, say, five frets, and then I'd go all the way back. So when ! practised I'd start right away on scales. As well as the usual ones, I'd play whole tone scales, diminished, dominant sevenths, and chromatic scales. Every chord form, all the way up, and this took an hour." - Joe Pass
source: Interview with Guitar Magazine (June, 1974)
source: Interview with Guitar Magazine (June, 1974)
Joe Pass Quotes
"I grew up playing the guitar. I started when I was nine, and by the time I was nine and a half or ten, I was doing seven or eight hours' practice every day. I did two hours' practice at six o'clock in the morning before I went to school, and another two hours as soon as I got home from school in the afternoon. Then I did four hours at night before I went to bed. I did that until I was fourteen or fifteen." - Joe Pass
source: Interview with Guitar Magazine (June, 1974)
source: Interview with Guitar Magazine (June, 1974)
Sweets Edison Quotes
"Oh yes sure (I practice)! Even more than 10 years ago. The older you get, the more difficult you have to keep your level at the top of your game. Trumpet is a very difficult instrument." - Sweets Edison
Benny Goodman Quotes
"Some of the guys I played with .. didn’t go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they wanted was to play hot jazz, and the instrument was just a means. I’d imagine that a lot of them criticized me—said my technique was too good. Something like that. But I’ve always wanted to know what made music. How you do it, and why it sounds good. I always practiced, worked like hell." - Benny Goodman
source: Interview with American Heritage Magazine (Oct/Nov, 1981)
source: Interview with American Heritage Magazine (Oct/Nov, 1981)
Bill Evans Quotes
"I hardly believe I'm as talented as some others. Someone with talent possesses a kind of facility and plays well as early as 16 or 17, much better than I could play myself at that age. I had to practice a lot and spend a lot of time searching and digging before I got anywhere. And because of that, I later became more aware of what I was doing. I wasn't an imitation. I found myself with a synthesis of the playing of many musicians. From this something came out and I think it's really mine." - Bill Evans
source: Interview with Jazz Magazine (France), 1965
source: Interview with Jazz Magazine (France), 1965
Harry James Quotes
"Benny [Goodman] used to practice 15 times more than the whole band combined." - Harry James
Buddy Rich Quotes
"Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice." - Buddy Rich
Paul Desmond Quotes
"I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast." - Paul Desmond
Louis Armstrong Quotes
"If I don't practice for a day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it." - Louis Armstrong
Norah Jones Quotes
"In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing." - Norah Jones
Herbie Hancock Quotes
"You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment." -Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Quotes
"You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom." - Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Quotes
"When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best." - Herbie Hancock
