Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's like making a stew. You put all these various ingredients in it. You season it with this. You… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I may be prejudiced, but I believe that jazz music has the strongest healing potential, and it's not just because I play it and… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition. — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
“Compose and perform your music free of egotism and with a conscious desire to gratify the listener. This conscious desire in time will become… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's like making… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us. — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most of it.… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
