Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I… — Jean-Michel Basquiat Copy Share Image
A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is]… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groovy, and I… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
“Charles Simic, when asked what he thought of Slam Poetry events: "They are fun, but they have as much to do with… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after… — Eric Andre Copy Share Image
It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I think cool originates with the jazz culture in the '40s. There was probably cool before that, but that's when people started… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
“I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to. I don’t want to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing,… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man.… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
“I knew Noah worshipped Charlie Parker and that his toothbrush was green. That he wouldn't bother to button his shirts correctly but… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
The way so many musicians slavishly imitated Coltrane, that's the way it was with Charlie Parker - only even more so, if… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would have never written Don Giovanni,… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of… — Ted Templeman Copy Share Image
If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity. — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
I admire mold-breakers. People that bust free from traditional thinking and change the game completely. Steve Jobs. Charlie Parker (jazz saxophonist). The… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
“Jake put on a new record and propped the cover up - Charlie Parker’s sax ran into the room. Someone had told… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Life has many changes. Tomorrow it may rain, and it's supposed to be sunshine, 'cause it's summertime. But God's got a funny… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
I was blessed that I got married early and had a good wife. That sort of kept me straight. Probably I would… — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
I listen to tons of hard rock and metal, like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, etc., but I also listen to Beethoven and Mozart,… — Dave Smalley Copy Share Image
What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
![“A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is] a deft, virtuosic panorama of early jazz. . . This is a mind-opening, and mind-filling, book.” quote by Tom Piazza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/753/tom-piazza-46948_book_a-portrait-of-the-young-charlie-parker-w_1236687.jpg)
![“By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere records that that Paquito [D'Rivera] was on. And he also played me and our friend, Curtis Haywood, some Phil Woods records. And when I heard Phil, I just about lost my mind. I was…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b89/jon-gordon-1655_80s_by-the-latter-part-of-high-school-by-the_2544684.jpg)
![“I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close to having Ed’s [Eddie Van Halen's] fantastic combination of chops and musicianship. I rank him along with Charlie Parker and Art Tatum as one…” quote by Ted Templeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/98d/ted-templeman-281858_art_i-ve-worked-with-such-legendary-guitar-p_117538.jpg)
