Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80! — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
... Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world... — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it,… — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar… — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
