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Man, there's no boundary line to art!
You are the music while the music lasts.
Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.
For me, music and life are all about style.
Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.
Hipness is not a state of mind, It's a fact of life!
All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.
Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.
In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am.
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.
There is no truer truth obtainable by Man than comes of music
Music is enough for a lifetime - but a lifetime is not enough for music.
Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.
Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.
Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.
They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.