Great Quotes

"With most of us, after we get the technique and basic conception, the biggest problem is to find the right medium in which to express ourselves."--Quincy Jones

"Oh, yeah, I'm not in that box that's called a jazz musician. I mean, that's my foundation, that's where I come from, it's the jazz ethic that I use whenever I'm playing. So, in an extended sense, in a broader sense, whenever I'm involved with music, I'm coming from the place of being a jazz musician, even when I play classical music, because that's so ingrained in my head, the idea of being in the moment."--Herbie Hancock

"BE A MUSICIAN!"--Phil Woods

"Keep it [our music, jazz] goin'!"--Jimmy Heath

"When I was your age, I was skinny as a rail. And you know what happened? Cheese."--Jim Riggs

"You took advantage of my friend, you cur!"--Charlie Parker

"John [Coltrane] was always practicing, constantly researching, and exploring new musical concepts. Once I asked him, 'What is your favorite song that you've written?' 'I do not have one,' he replied. 'Why?' I asked. He said that he was looking for a linear theme that could go toward infinity and reveal itself through its own potentiality."--Alice Coltrane