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The equipment doesn't matter, it's the vibe you put into it. If the music sounds good, music sounds good.
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.
My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want.
Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.
Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't.
Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls
Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words.
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
It's weird - the cab driver is playing very loud dance music and yet it doesn't really feel like a party.
With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.
I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true
Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!
Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.
I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.
It is music that, being the universal language, has no need to learn any particular language of the world.
Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge.
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.
Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is.
Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better.
There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.
Today, music heralds... the establishment of a society of repetition in which nothing will happen anymore.
It's a privilege to play music fora living. Even more, it's a privilege to have an audience. Respect that.
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.
I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz.
Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.
Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them
I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n' roll - that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see, you can find out first hand what it's like to be me.
Music is always a creative process that comes from the heart. It's a feeling, a vibration, that we ride on.
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
I don't care about the rules, if I don't break the rules at least 10x every song then I'm not doing my job.
Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all.
Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.
Music can change lives. Whether you are having a good or bad day, the power of music can change one's mood.
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
Music is not merely a study, it is an entertainment; wherever there is music there is a throng of listeners.
I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time.
Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.
The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?
You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.