That's what I tell my students at California Institute of the Arts where I taught for 27 years. I taught them if you strive to be a good person, maybe you might become a great jazz musician. — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can.… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I used to listen to a lot of Bach on the radio, and when the basses started to sing, it made everything complete -… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it. — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
My dad was a great guy; my mother was wonderful. I was very lucky to be around music from the time I woke up… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
In L.A., I played with Joe Pass and Gabor Szabo. Mick Goodrick plays guitar in the Liberation Music Orchestra, and he's a real special… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning. — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come to a… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is no yesterday… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment that you’re in … because when you improvise you’re in right now. You’re not in yesterday or tomorrow—you’re right in the moment. Being in that moment really gives you a perspective of life that you… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
