Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that.… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I don't remember what was going through my mind, but what was going through my body was fear and terror. I had been on… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
As Eric Dolphy said 'Once you play the music, it's in the air. It's gone'. And that's true. But when you record it, it… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
You're just sort of searching for this 'thing' and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything. — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection. — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music. — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
The sound and proper exercise of the imagination may be made to contribute to the cultivation of all that is virtuous and estimable in… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
