Quote

Chris (Anderson) is risking his life with every chord, that's how much it means to him. He has such a reverence for beauty, he plays like an angel.

Charlie Haden

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Charlie Haden
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 6
Died: 2014
Died: July 11
Bassist
Composer
Conductor
Jazz Musician
Musician
Recording Artist
Shenandoah
Iowa
Charles Edward Haden
Play
Chord
Mean
Chris
Much
Chords
Every
Reverence
Life
Plays
Like
Angel
Beauty
Anderson
Means
Risking

More quotes by Charlie Haden

Image
I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.
Charlie Haden
Image
You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.
Charlie Haden
Image
In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness that doesn't have that much to do with everyday thinking. It's as if you could imagine life before there were words.
Charlie Haden
Image
It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there.
Charlie Haden
Image
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them.
Charlie Haden
Image
I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.
Charlie Haden
Image
When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise.
Charlie Haden
Image
The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
Charlie Haden
Image
Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words.
Charlie Haden
Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.
Charlie Haden