I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing. — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed, have stayed for a reason. A reciprocity of need and desire inspires the musicians to dig as deeply into their talent and souls as they are able. This mysterious and transformative confluence of events rarely… — Patricia Barber Copy Share
As soon as I sat down to write music, really, with Café Blue. I just can't think about that when I sit down to… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
All music now, I think, is fair game for jazz musicians to interpret, and they have been. I would consider those songs standards now.… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
I have a good life. I have nothing to complain about, and the music is just too interesting. — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
I think I started to come into my own when I started doing more original material, and that, I think, culminated in 1998's Modern… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
I would like to have people hear dissonance, but I don't want it to be so off-putting that they never get there to begin… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
I am a fan of the compositions of The Beatles, but I don't care for their interpretation of them. But as compositions, I just… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
