Song Quotes by Lester Bowie

Jazz groups have to make a living any way.

— Lester Bowie

The music we play is kind of hard to explain. It's music that we really feel.

— Lester Bowie

They're not just interested in one sort of music any more.

— Lester Bowie

A lot of jazz is like that; it sells over a period of time.

— Lester Bowie

We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.

— Lester Bowie

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

— Lester Bowie

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.

— Lester Bowie

These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what…

— Lester Bowie

Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet.

— Lester Bowie

We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to…

— Lester Bowie

What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you…

— Lester Bowie

Many times you never know what's going to happen. You'll play songs that you never thought you were going to play.

— Lester Bowie

Because people really got tired, too, of the same old formatted sort of thing, and the same old formatted music.

— Lester Bowie

You would think that anyone on a major label would be doing something, but when you speak of major label that means…

— Lester Bowie

Music is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no…

— Lester Bowie

Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for…

— Lester Bowie