I want people to feel what it was like in the '40s. That's when popular music in the United States was so beautiful. Frank Sinatra, the Pied Pipers, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday. That's when popular music… — 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
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
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
There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it. — Charlie Haden Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance. He was one… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality… — Charlie Haden Copy Share
