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
It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do — Pat Metheny Aesthetic Copy Share Image
I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner. — Pat Metheny Collaboration Copy Share Image
Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in… — Pat Metheny Amazing talent 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 Change 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
I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second… — 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 Absolutes Copy Share Image
I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they… — 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 Avant garde 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
1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles.… — 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 Demand Copy Share Image
I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is. — Pat Metheny Attention Copy Share Image
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice. — Pat Metheny Home Copy Share Image
Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place. — Pat Metheny Computers Copy Share Image
Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence... — Pat Metheny Inspirational Copy Share Image
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. — Pat Metheny Love Copy Share Image
