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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-want-people-to-feel-what-it-was-like-in-the-40s-that-s-when-popular/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

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## More by Charlie Haden

> [James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/james-cotton-is-a-real-blues-guy-and-he-played-with-muddy-waters-and/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-just-try-to-play-music-from-my-heart-and-bring-as-much-beauty-as-i/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [Mostly I play with records. I play with my friend Bill Evans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/mostly-i-play-with-records-i-play-with-my-friend-bill-evans/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [I used to listen to a lot of Bach on the radio, and when the basses started to sing, it made everything complete -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-used-to-listen-to-a-lot-of-bach-on-the-radio-and-when-the-basses/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/there-s-enough-dismemberment-going-on-in-the-world-without-writing/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [My dad was a great guy; my mother was wonderful. I was very lucky to be around music from the time I woke up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/my-dad-was-a-great-guy-my-mother-was-wonderful-i-was-very-lucky-to-be/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/in-l-a-i-played-with-joe-pass-and-gabor-szabo-mick-goodrick-plays/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-m-always-searching-it-s-the-reason-i-m-here-it-s-not-really-about/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-think-it-s-very-important-to-live-in-the-present-one-of-the-great/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-want-to-expand-jazz-i-don-t-want-to-keep-the-audience-limited-i/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-learned-at-a-very-young-age-that-music-teaches-you-about-life-when/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-think-it-s-very-important-to-live-in-the-present-one-of-the-great-2/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/that-s-what-i-tell-my-students-at-california-institute-of-the-arts/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance. He was one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/i-always-felt-that-i-was-born-in-the-wrong-era-i-wanted-to-be-friends/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

> [The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-haden/the-whole-underlying-theme-for-the-new-music-is-to-communicate-honest/)

[Charlie Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-haden/)

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