You are not a true success unless you are helping others be successful. — Jon Gordon Being successful Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do is just go and have fun with [competition]. — Jon Gordon Best thing Copy Share Image
Adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome than you can imagine! — Jon Gordon Adversity Copy Share Image
My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it. — Jon Gordon Gift Copy Share Image
I never got discouraged for long, but we all got our butts kicked musically. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do." — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
Sense of community was really fostered by Larry Laurenzano, who was a great educator. — Jon Gordon Community Copy Share Image
I think we're in a time and place, the last 20 plus years, and certainly now, it's only more so, where it's… — Jon Gordon Body Copy Share Image
Connection to the music and the history was very powerful to me. I think that's what I feel the most blessed about. — Jon Gordon Blessed Copy Share Image
Definitely I had a lot of times where I was really hard on myself. Really frustrated. But I never felt like I… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I just lucked into a lot of good people man. In my life and through friends, and in the music, that really… — Jon Gordon Care Copy Share Image
If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're… — Jon Gordon Assumption Copy Share Image
Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do. — Jon Gordon Empowering Copy Share Image
I didn't always have time to practice as much as I wanted to do, that was a real problem for me in… — Jon Gordon College Copy Share Image
If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said… — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
I learned some classical music history, which I had done quite a bit at of Performing Arts. But I got some more… — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
Every person and every team will be tested on their journey. It is part of the curriculum of life. It's just like… — Jon Gordon Bicycle Copy Share Image
I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months. '91 and '92. It was nice to have a steady paycheck for… — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
“when it comes to building a successful business, it’s not the numbers that the drive the people, but rather the people and… — Jon Gordon Business Copy Share Image
I saw a nice interview with Dave Binney recently. He was saying, "Man it was never easy. It's not like 'Oh wow,… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones… — Jon Gordon Drummer Copy Share Image
We had Bob's [Gordon] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I was able to go over [Saxophone Competition] and work a little more in Europe. I'm thankful that those of kinds of… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
There's a story about when President Lyndon Johnson visited NASA and as he was walking the halls he came across a janitor… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
There's a famous story about Dizzy [Gillespie] and Art Blakey taking him aside, and spending a whole night-long talk with [Phil Wood],… — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
Barry Harris had a club called Jazz Cultural Theater and there were sessions there on a regular basis. I remember being there… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
A tenor player named Bud Revels there at the time. A lot of really nice associations amongst the students. Garry Dial was… — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes.… — Jon Gordon Beach Copy Share Image
I got to perform the [Jaques] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going. — Jon Gordon Being disappointed Copy Share Image
I definitely had some moments, where, "Wow, these were some hard chords" on some gig. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented. — Jon Gordon Brilliant Copy Share Image
Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure. — Jon Gordon Failure Copy Share Image
I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player — Jon Gordon Basketball Copy Share Image
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![“I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/539/jon-gordon-1655_bob_i-saw-that-music-reflected-in-my-mother_2694864.png)
![“If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me, "We're blessed to have the opportunity to do this." So just keep that in mind.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b0c/jon-gordon-1655_art_if-you-want-to-make-your-own-way-in-musi_1827416.png)
![“[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones and he played for many years with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge and actually got me on a gig with Roy Eldridge when I was 20 that I'll never forget.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6c5/jon-gordon-1655_drummer_eddie-locke-had-a-huge-impact-in-my-life_3109910.jpg)
![“We had Bob's [Gordon] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first record as a leader and had the original versions of Daahoud and Joy Spring that were arranged by Bob's best friend, the West Coast tenor player named Jack Montrose, who I…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fdd/jon-gordon-1655_believe_we-had-bob-s-gordon-records-and-he-s-on_213132.png)
![“I was able to go over [Saxophone Competition] and work a little more in Europe. I'm thankful that those of kinds of things. Simultaneously, some nice things did come in. I got a nice festival that came in, in Virginia through that. There was a club that opened in DC in the famous Willard Hotel…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/72b/jon-gordon-1655_able_i-was-able-to-go-over-saxophone-competit_3208464.png)
![“There's a famous story about Dizzy [Gillespie] and Art Blakey taking him aside, and spending a whole night-long talk with [Phil Wood], "Man we believe in you. You can play. So don't be walking around with a frown on your face or whatever, getting yourself into trouble. You have got a gift, and…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ca5/jon-gordon-1655_art_there-s-a-famous-story-about-dizzy-gille_486307.jpg)
![“Barry Harris had a club called Jazz Cultural Theater and there were sessions there on a regular basis. I remember being there and sitting in with [Charles] McPherson and Barry being there, and just smiling at me. He didn't talk to me much at the time, he just came up and gave me a smile, which…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/053/jon-gordon-1655_bases_barry-harris-had-a-club-called-jazz-cult_763311.png)
![“I got to perform the [Jaques] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform the [Alexander] Glazunov Concerto in senior year with our school orchestra and the Jewish Grossman orchestra. I won a scholarship from the Goldman band to perform the [Paul]…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/01e/jon-gordon-1655_band_i-got-to-perform-the-jaques-ibert-concer_3097906.png)
