Song Quotes by Dexter Gordon

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

— Dexter Gordon

If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.

— Dexter Gordon

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity,…

— Dexter Gordon

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African…

— Dexter Gordon

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

— Dexter Gordon

A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives…

— Dexter Gordon

Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).

— Dexter Gordon

In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

— Dexter Gordon

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.

— Dexter Gordon

Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future.

— Dexter Gordon

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.

— Dexter Gordon

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

— Dexter Gordon

Jazz to me is a living music.

— Dexter Gordon

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's…

— Dexter Gordon

I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.

— Dexter Gordon