I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out. — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel not the way others think you should feel. — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel not the way others think you should feel. — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
Because when we are right there is not a band in the world that can touch us! — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead. — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own,… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
