Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words. — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness that doesn't have that much to do with… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Chris (Anderson) is risking his life with every chord, that's how much it means to him. He has such a reverence for… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I never heard anything so brilliant in my life as I did that first time I heard Ornette. He played like some… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I think life is really hard sometimes. It's not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through.… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can.… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I used to listen to a lot of Bach on the radio, and when the basses started to sing, it made everything complete -… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it. — Charlie Haden Copy Share
My dad was a great guy; my mother was wonderful. I was very lucky to be around music from the time I woke up… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
In L.A., I played with Joe Pass and Gabor Szabo. Mick Goodrick plays guitar in the Liberation Music Orchestra, and he's a real special… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning. — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come to a… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is no yesterday… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
That's what I tell my students at California Institute of the Arts where I taught for 27 years. I taught them if you strive… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance. He was one… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
