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There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.
When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding.
When you play, when you perform, it might be for the last time, so you got to do it.
Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.
I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.
I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.
I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.
My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything.
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
Fear closes all doors to the true self, that brilliant center where the ecstasy lies.
The piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument.
I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it.
My first memories of life were in rehearsal; that's why I can sleep through anything.
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.
Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures.
It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.
Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.
The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.
Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!
It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.
My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.
Jeri Brown has it all - adventurous spirit, superb musicianship, and technique to spare.
I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.
I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.
When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk.
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.
I really do enjoy accompanying people - it's a challenge and a joy when you get it right.
Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go.
I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.
I've always tried to be a poet more than anything else. I mean, professional musicians die.
Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it.
Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.
Your mother’s heartbeat is the first sound you ever hear and your own heartbeat is the last.
Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.
When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.
Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man
You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops.
As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.
I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12.
Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions.
I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.
In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.
Every performance is different, but I try to approach them in the same way and give it my all.
It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.