Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I met Gary (Burton) at the Wichita Jazz Festival when I was 18 -- he was one of my favorite musicians and… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
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… — Pat Metheny Copy Share
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound — Pat Metheny Copy Share
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's… — Pat Metheny Copy Share
If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me… — Pat Metheny Copy Share
To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling… — Pat Metheny Copy Share
If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend… — Pat Metheny Copy Share
Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place. — Pat Metheny Copy Share
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles — Pat Metheny Copy Share
Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. — Pat Metheny Copy Share
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you. — Pat Metheny Copy Share
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