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title: "17 Kind Quotes By Jon Gordon"
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> [ \[Manhattan School Of Music\] were kind of just getting the jazz program up and going when I first started there. I was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/manhattan-school-of-music-were-kind-of-just-getting-the-jazz-program/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ \[Charles McPherson\] was kind enough to go to a record gig of mine where we recorded a song of his. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/charles-mcpherson-was-kind-enough-to-go-to-a-record-gig-of-mine-where/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ A guy like Scott \[Robinson\] plays the whole history of music on every instrument you've ever heard of. He's just kind of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/a-guy-like-scott-robinson-plays-the-whole-history-of-music-on-every/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ Alan \[Ferber\] is a great trombonist and composer. I'm thankful that I got some associations like that through peers and former students.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/alan-ferber-is-a-great-trombonist-and-composer-i-m-thankful-that-i/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [When I heard Charlie Parker the first time on a record, it had seemed like an old, scratchy kind of record and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/when-i-heard-charlie-parker-the-first-time-on-a-record-it-had-seemed/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ I would sit in at a jazz brunch \[at sweet Basil\] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-would-sit-in-at-a-jazz-brunch-at-sweet-basil-with-eddie-chamblee/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ The light went on when I heard Phil \[woods\] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/the-light-went-on-when-i-heard-phil-woods-play-and-i-went-like-that/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [Families that I lived with a little bit in junior high and quite a bit in high school and college. Just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/families-that-i-lived-with-a-little-bit-in-junior-high-and-quite-a/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ I never got to play with Art \[ Blakey\], but he was kind and spoke to me a number of times. He… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-never-got-to-play-with-art-blakey-but-he-was-kind-and-spoke-to-me-a/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ I wasn't expecting \[the Monk competition\] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-wasn-t-expecting-the-monk-competition-would-necessarily-do-that-so/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [I feel very similarly. I didn't have necessarily the same exact kind of dynamic, but that means a lot when people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-feel-very-similarly-i-didn-t-have-necessarily-the-same-exact-kind/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [A lot of musicians have said things to me like, "Music saved my life". And "I'm standing on the shoulders of dozens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/a-lot-of-musicians-have-said-things-to-me-like-music-saved-my-life/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ \[Charlie Parker\] was kind of a sponge and intrigued by it all.That's similar to what Phil \[Woods\] told me about Bird, too.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/charlie-parker-was-kind-of-a-sponge-and-intrigued-by-it-all-that-s/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ I remember \[Joe\] Lovano came around to me at that time \[of Monk competition\]. And I had taken some lessons with Joe… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-remember-joe-lovano-came-around-to-me-at-that-time-of-monk/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [ I was able to go over \[Saxophone Competition\] and work a little more in Europe. I'm thankful that those of kinds of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-able-to-go-over-saxophone-competition-and-work-a-little-more-in/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [A man goes to the village to visit the wise man and he says to the wise man, “I feel like there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/a-man-goes-to-the-village-to-visit-the-wise-man-and-he-says-to-the/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [What I feel the most confident about as a teacher, whatever my strengths and weaknesses are. The fact that I got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/what-i-feel-the-most-confident-about-as-a-teacher-whatever-my/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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## Other authors on Kind

## More by Jon Gordon

> [Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that blew my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/joe-henderson-who-i-maybe-to-me-if-i-had-to-pick-one-improviser-in-my/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [Benny Carter came up to me and said to me, "You know, in the whole history of the alto, I think Phil is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/benny-carter-came-up-to-me-and-said-to-me-you-know-in-the-whole/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [“know that I’m not a human being having a spiritual experience. I’m a spiritual being having a human experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/know-that-i-m-not-a-human-being-having-a-spiritual-experience-i-m-a/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/it-s-very-unlikely-you-re-a-genius-but-if-you-re-ready-to-work-at-it/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/the-first-jazz-cruise-that-i-was-on-was-91-i-played-with-maria/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [I just lucked into a lot of good people man. In my life and through friends, and in the music, that really embraced me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-just-lucked-into-a-lot-of-good-people-man-in-my-life-and-through/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/every-morning-you-have-a-choice-are-you-going-to-be-a-positive/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-occasionally-getting-calls-for-some-things-but-i-would-say-22/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/dust-on-gold-doesn-t-change-the-nature-of-gold/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-are-a-lot-of-people-that-impacted-me-i-remember-hearing-oscar/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [There's a lot of good people out here that want to help you grow and to help the music to continue to grow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-s-a-lot-of-good-people-out-here-that-want-to-help-you-grow-and/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [ Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Lewis, and either Belton Evans or Khalil Mahdi on drums \[were in Sweet Basil\]. All those guys really took care of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/ernie-hayes-jimmy-lewis-and-either-belton-evans-or-khalil-mahdi-on/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/a-true-leader-doesn-t-lead-to-gain-power-they-lead-to-empower-and/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [ We had Bob's \[Gordon\] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first record as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/we-had-bob-s-gordon-records-and-he-s-on-clifford-brown-s-first-record/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

> [Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/another-classical-music-teacher-from-performing-arts-that-i-ve-stayed/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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