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title: "2 Living Music Quotes By Dexter Gordon"
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> [Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-it-s-a-music-that-since-its-beginning/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/dexter-gordon-27763_dream_jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-it-s-a-musi_1327429.png)

> [Jazz to me is a living music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/dexter-gordon-27763_jazz_jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-1578497_1578497.png)

## More by Dexter Gordon

> [Music is a reservoir... of sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/music-is-a-reservoir-of-sounds/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/if-you-can-t-play-the-blues-you-might-as-well-hang-it-up/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/it-s-certainly-not-just-a-spot-opinion-it-s-something-that-obviously/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/if-i-were-to-call-it-black-music-that-would-be-untrue-i-don-t-know/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/to-have-a-little-recognition-that-is-very-nice-you-dig-it-is-good-for/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/a-lot-of-times-i-go-back-to-record-and-to-make-a-tour-but-i-m-very/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/bebop-is-the-music-of-the-future-as-soon-as-they-learn-how-to-play-it/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/in-jazz-there-is-a-lot-of-european-influence-harmonically/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/when-you-know-the-lyrics-to-a-tune-you-have-some-kind-of-insight-as/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/darlin-be-bop-is-the-music-of-the-future/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-it-s-a-music-that-since-its-beginning/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/what-i-m-doing-i-prefer-to-call-that-jazz-because-it-is-a-beautiful/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [Jazz to me is a living music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/when-you-know-the-lyrics-to-a-tune-you-have-some-kind-of-insight-as-2/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

> [I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/i-hope-we-left-you-with-something-to-put-under-your-pillows/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

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