Quotes by Dexter Gordon - Page 1

Jazz to me is a living music.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
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Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Music Is
Reservoirs
Sound
Reservoir
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Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Music
Beautiful
Beautiful Words
Jazz
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In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Men
War
Equal
Nuclear
Nuclear War
Cremated
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In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Men
War
Nuclear
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The music scene is more competitive in the States.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Scene
Competitive
Music Scene
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Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Doors
Guy
Next
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If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Music
Might
Play
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In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Europe
Influence
Jazz
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If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Might
Blues
Hang
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I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Music
Jazz
Pillow
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Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Bebop
Play
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Jazz is an octopus. It will take whatever it can use and it will work with it.
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What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Music
Beautiful
Jazz
Prefer
Beautiful Word
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When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Music
Jazz
Tunes
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To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Ego
Littles
Nice
Recognition
Dig
Psyche
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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 / Tenor Saxophonist
Dream
Music
Feelings
Jazz
People
Dreams Me People
Living
Since
Beginning
Expressed
Hopes
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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 / Tenor Saxophonist
Black
Black Music
Unfaithful
Untrue
Would Be
African
Drums
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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 / Tenor Saxophonist
Opportunity
Giving
Records
Dig
Tour
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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 / Tenor Saxophonist
Able
Being Real
Communicate
Composition
Depriving
Insight
Tunes
Poem
Tune
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It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also.
Dexter Gordon / Tenor Saxophonist
Publicity
Recognition
Financially
Good Help Will
Spot
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