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Jazz Guitarist Inspirational Quotes (1065)

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Let your life be your music and let your music be your life.
Kevin Eubanks
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I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree.
Norah Jones
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Aping what you've already done is just so dangerous and unrewarding.
Andy Summers
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I love America, it's a much more permissive place.
Amy Winehouse
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Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.
Alan Kay
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No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!
Madeleine Peyroux
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I want to figure out how I can make the most important statement with the least amount of information, so I don't run out of ideas by the time I get to my second or third chorus.
Larry Carlton
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They flat their fifths, we drink ours.
Eddie Condon
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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.
Pat Metheny
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Nicky Egan has the finesse of Bonnie Raitt merged with the primal force of Janis Joplin. It is a rare combination. Her passion is a joy to behold - and her talent is undeniable. She belongs in any conversation about great contemporary female soul singers. If you're up for a revelatory evening, then put her high on your list.
Steve Morse
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I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.
Tommy Bolin
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Just remember, you are not alone, in fact you are in a very common place with millions of others. We need to help each other and keep striving to reach our goals.
Mike Moreno
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Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.
Wes Montgomery
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There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light.
Carlos Santana
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God's away, God's away, God's away on business. Business!
Tom Waits
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Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days.
Jesse Harris
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The thing about guitar players is we're all like a brotherhood or sisterhood. We don't care if you're great, good, bad, in between or whatever. As long as you love it, then we're all going to help each other.
Tommy Emmanuel
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I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.
Desi Arnaz
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Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
Carlos Santana
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Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.
Kevin Eubanks
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
Carlos Santana
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Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
Tom Waits
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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.
Pat Metheny
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I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too.
Eugene Chadbourne
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