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> [When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/when-i-was-four-i-started-taking-lessons-from-my-mom-that-s-pretty/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

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## More by Eldar Djangirov

> [I grew up in Kansas City from when I was about two years old to my mid-teens. Kansas City at the time was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/i-grew-up-in-kansas-city-from-when-i-was-about-two-years-old-to-my/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz records. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/my-dad-would-play-me-all-of-these-records-miles-davis-records-john/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [I had an opportunity to start going around the world when I was about 18 years old. So, I did. That's one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/i-had-an-opportunity-to-start-going-around-the-world-when-i-was-about/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [Basically, my mother is a piano teacher, and she actually teaches piano at Yamaha School of Music today. She's a really, really amazing human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/basically-my-mother-is-a-piano-teacher-and-she-actually-teaches-piano/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/when-i-was-four-i-started-taking-lessons-from-my-mom-that-s-pretty/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [I started playing classical music, and I still do. I think music ultimately is kind of on a theoretical level, is about collecting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/i-started-playing-classical-music-and-i-still-do-i-think-music/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the record that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/as-far-as-the-people-that-have-inspired-me-they-re-the-people-that-i/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/hearing-oscar-peterson-was-something-that-resonated-within-me-there/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/the-main-thing-about-the-word-jazz-is-that-it-s-very-limiting-to-what/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [My dad, was, by trade, he had a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He's a huge, huge jazz fan. He used to travel all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/my-dad-was-by-trade-he-had-a-ph-d-in-mechanical-engineering-he-s-a/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/music-is-a-thing-where-the-more-vocabulary-you-gather-the-more-you/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> ["Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word for it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/jazz-to-begin-with-is-a-really-bad-word-all-the-true-musicians-that/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [I'd rather call it "instrumental creative music," especially the music that I've been doing. If a person would hear that music, they would undoubtedly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/i-d-rather-call-it-instrumental-creative-music-especially-the-music/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

> [My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldar-djangirov/my-mom-was-a-musician-and-my-dad-had-this-passion-for-music-that-s/)

[Eldar Djangirov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldar-djangirov/)

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