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Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.
Pat Metheny
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Pat Metheny
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 12
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Lee's Summit
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Patrick Bruce Metheny
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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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My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.
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Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.
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I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.
Pat Metheny
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!
Pat Metheny
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
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As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.
Pat Metheny
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
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
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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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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.
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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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Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound
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I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
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The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.
Pat Metheny
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
Pat Metheny
Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.
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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.
Pat Metheny
