Song Quotes by Chick Corea

You've got to create the space, then fill it.

— Chick Corea

Only a spiritual being has awareness.

— Chick Corea

I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it.

— Chick Corea

It's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language…

— Chick Corea

I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to people.

— Chick Corea

Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions.

— Chick Corea

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like…

— Chick Corea

If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the…

— Chick Corea

Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish that maybe…

— Chick Corea

My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm…

— Chick Corea

Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but…

— Chick Corea

As a musician, I don't have one thing that's "my thing." I like to create, and have a lot of outlets for it. Dustin…

— Chick Corea

I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was…

— Chick Corea

My dad was all about music. He was a musician, leading a band when I was born. His band was active all through the…

— Chick Corea

Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on…

— Chick Corea