Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I'm trying to let what's in there… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I'm basically a pretty shy person and I don't dance or get into fights. But there are all these things inside me that get… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
