I feel so lucky that my high school was right in the middle of Denver, which is one of those sort of segregated towns, with black and white and Hispanic neighborhoods. But the school I went to was right in… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I've been lucky with the circle of people I'm playing with. We've played enough that there's a language we talk with each other when we play. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I'm trying to let what's in there… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I'm basically a pretty shy person and I don't dance or get into fights. But there are all these things inside me that get… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
