Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's never what you as an artist feel is right for you. — John Scofield Copy Share Image
... one thing people always ask me is 'How do you play outside?' ... I have no idea how to teach that, but when I was discussing this with our bass player Jesse Murphy, he said 'tell them to go… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people.… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area, as opposed… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar. — John Scofield Copy Share Image
Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's never what… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
I have to work at tunes to get them to come out. Sometimes I'll sit there for four or five hours and get absolutely… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
... sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and then go… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz. — John Scofield Copy Share Image
...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play. — John Scofield Copy Share Image
