Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed. — Benny Green Copy Share Image
He would catapult you forward, and that was his intention with the Jazz Messengers. He would take young people with a potential and help… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape. — Benny Green Copy Share Image
I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with other drummers, it's as… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
The first time we performed as a duo, we had already been playing together in various situations. — Benny Green Copy Share Image
The magic can happen in a studio. Special things can happen in a recording studio, even though it may seem like a clinical environment… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
I'm naturally going to react to that and he'll bring out elements in my musical character that were lying dormant, because I'm relating what… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father. — Benny Green Copy Share Image
Just to have that sense of family, it gives you something that you know you need to take care of for the rest of… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost feel them; you can't beat that.… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
We have fun, we listen to one another, we challenge one another, we trust one another. We're doing what we enjoy, and we're not… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
