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Pat Metheny Inspirational Quotes (34)

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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
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Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they tend to start playing only the things that they can play, rather than the things they can't.
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As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.
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I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted
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Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.
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To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.
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I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
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I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound
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The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.
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I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do
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Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound
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The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.
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If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue.
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Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.
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Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
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Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
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I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!
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What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles
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...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.
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More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.
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I just have never seen anyone build anything significant in any field without having a deep and detailed sense of what they are building on.
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