--- title: "24 Years Quotes By Jon Gordon" description: "24 Years quotes by Jon Gordon. Plus more from Jon Gordon and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/jon-gordon-1655_body_i-think-we-re-in-a-time-and-place-the-la_2444430.png" --- > [I think we're in a time and place, the last 20 plus years, and certainly now, it's only more so, where it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-think-we-re-in-a-time-and-place-the-last-20-plus-years-and/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/jon-gordon-1655_body_i-think-we-re-in-a-time-and-place-the-la_2444430.png) > [ I went in \[Sweet Basil band\] and played with them, maybe half the gig for almost eight years or more. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-went-in-sweet-basil-band-and-played-with-them-maybe-half-the-gig/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jon-gordon-1655_band_i-went-in-sweet-basil-band-and-played-wi_1506826.png) > [ \[My mother told me\] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/my-mother-told-me-stories-about-nat-king-cole-and-miles-davis-and/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/jon-gordon-1655_band_my-mother-told-me-stories-about-nat-king_1548773.png) > [Teaching has definitely become a big part of my life in the past ten plus years. As it often does for many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/teaching-has-definitely-become-a-big-part-of-my-life-in-the-past-ten/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/jon-gordon-1655_bigs_teaching-has-definitely-become-a-big-par_3200606.png) > [I've been thankful to work with some wonderful people and sort of combine forces with some folks that... like in recent years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-ve-been-thankful-to-work-with-some-wonderful-people-and-sort-of/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/jon-gordon-1655_brother_i-ve-been-thankful-to-work-with-some-won_983856.png) > [ We still talk about \[school band\]. Almost 40 years later. It's like people are talking about, "Man we need to have a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/we-still-talk-about-school-band-almost-40-years-later-it-s-like/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/jon-gordon-1655_band_we-still-talk-about-school-band-almost-4_2935248.png) > [I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-also-sitting-in-from-the-middle-of-senior-year-of-high-school/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/jon-gordon-1655_basil_i-was-also-sitting-in-from-the-middle-of_402386.png) > [I learned some classical music history, which I had done quite a bit at of Performing Arts. But I got some more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-learned-some-classical-music-history-which-i-had-done-quite-a-bit/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/jon-gordon-1655_art_i-learned-some-classical-music-history-w_1640230.png) > [Families that I lived with a little bit in junior high and quite a bit in high school and college. Just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/families-that-i-lived-with-a-little-bit-in-junior-high-and-quite-a/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/jon-gordon-1655_art_families-that-i-lived-with-a-little-bit_467455.png) > [Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/everybody-wants-the-quick-fix-but-it-doesn-t-happen-overnight-you/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/jon-gordon-1655_happens_everybody-wants-the-quick-fix-but-it-doe_1862038.png) > [ I wasn't expecting \[the Monk competition\] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-wasn-t-expecting-the-monk-competition-would-necessarily-do-that-so/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/jon-gordon-1655_association_i-wasn-t-expecting-the-monk-competition_885761.jpg) > [ We were poor \[with my mother\], and we didn't have too much. So we sat on the floor and we had a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/we-were-poor-with-my-mother-and-we-didn-t-have-too-much-so-we-sat-on/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/jon-gordon-1655_apartment_we-were-poor-with-my-mother-and-we-didn_3229414.png) > [ \[Eddie Locke\] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/eddie-locke-had-a-huge-impact-in-my-life-he-was-a-great-jazz-drummer/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/jon-gordon-1655_drummer_eddie-locke-had-a-huge-impact-in-my-life_3109910.jpg) > [ Hearing Phil \[wood\] a lot, those few years especially when I was going to hear music and Tom Harrell was in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/hearing-phil-wood-a-lot-those-few-years-especially-when-i-was-going/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/jon-gordon-1655_band_hearing-phil-wood-a-lot-those-few-years_2009771.png) > [ I got to perform the \[Jaques\] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-got-to-perform-the-jaques-ibert-concertino-da-camera-with-a/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jon-gordon-1655_band_i-got-to-perform-the-jaques-ibert-concer_3097906.png) > [When I got to Performing Arts, within the first week, a few days, Bill Charlap walked in and couldn't read music but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/when-i-got-to-performing-arts-within-the-first-week-a-few-days-bill/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/jon-gordon-1655_art_when-i-got-to-performing-arts-within-the_2000397.jpg) > [ Justin \[Di Cioccio\] was \[at Laguardia School of Arts\]. He later took over at Manhattan. But I knew Justin through the McDonald's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/justin-di-cioccio-was-at-laguardia-school-of-arts-he-later-took-over/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/jon-gordon-1655_art_justin-di-cioccio-was-at-laguardia-schoo_2555432.jpg) > [By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/by-the-latter-part-of-high-school-by-the-middle-of-junior-year-in/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/jon-gordon-1655_80s_by-the-latter-part-of-high-school-by-the_2544684.jpg) > [I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-finishing-up-at-high-school-of-performing-arts-and-finally-by/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/jon-gordon-1655_art_i-was-finishing-up-at-high-school-of-per_2762115.png) > [ I had a great year with Bob Mintzer \[at Laguardia School of Arts\]. Bob is great. We could have just brought the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-had-a-great-year-with-bob-mintzer-at-laguardia-school-of-arts-bob/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/jon-gordon-1655_arranging_i-had-a-great-year-with-bob-mintzer-at-l_493182.jpg) > [I also met Charles McPherson around that time, end of high school. I was 17 and I had followed Phil around for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-also-met-charles-mcpherson-around-that-time-end-of-high-school-i/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/jon-gordon-1655_ends_i-also-met-charles-mcpherson-around-that_2085613.png) > [ Earlier that year \[1996\], Ronnie Scott came to Visiones when I was playing with Maria and he hired me to come and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/earlier-that-year-1996-ronnie-scott-came-to-visiones-when-i-was/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/jon-gordon-1655_clubs_earlier-that-year-1996-ronnie-scott-came_2252458.jpg) > [I think what frustrated me more than anything else in my formative years was that I just had to work. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-think-what-frustrated-me-more-than-anything-else-in-my-formative/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/jon-gordon-1655_college_i-think-what-frustrated-me-more-than-any_2496279.jpg) > [I did, I was in Europe a lot. I would say, mid 20s to late 30s. Less so in the last ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-did-i-was-in-europe-a-lot-i-would-say-mid-20s-to-late-30s-less-so/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/jon-gordon-1655_europe_i-did-i-was-in-europe-a-lot-i-would-say_2143471.png) ## Other authors on Years ## More by Jon Gordon > [Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that blew my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/joe-henderson-who-i-maybe-to-me-if-i-had-to-pick-one-improviser-in-my/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Benny Carter came up to me and said to me, "You know, in the whole history of the alto, I think Phil is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/benny-carter-came-up-to-me-and-said-to-me-you-know-in-the-whole/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [“know that I’m not a human being having a spiritual experience. I’m a spiritual being having a human experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/know-that-i-m-not-a-human-being-having-a-spiritual-experience-i-m-a/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/it-s-very-unlikely-you-re-a-genius-but-if-you-re-ready-to-work-at-it/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/the-first-jazz-cruise-that-i-was-on-was-91-i-played-with-maria/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [I just lucked into a lot of good people man. In my life and through friends, and in the music, that really embraced me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-just-lucked-into-a-lot-of-good-people-man-in-my-life-and-through/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/every-morning-you-have-a-choice-are-you-going-to-be-a-positive/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/i-was-occasionally-getting-calls-for-some-things-but-i-would-say-22/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/dust-on-gold-doesn-t-change-the-nature-of-gold/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-are-a-lot-of-people-that-impacted-me-i-remember-hearing-oscar/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [There's a lot of good people out here that want to help you grow and to help the music to continue to grow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/there-s-a-lot-of-good-people-out-here-that-want-to-help-you-grow-and/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [ Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Lewis, and either Belton Evans or Khalil Mahdi on drums \[were in Sweet Basil\]. All those guys really took care of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/ernie-hayes-jimmy-lewis-and-either-belton-evans-or-khalil-mahdi-on/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/a-true-leader-doesn-t-lead-to-gain-power-they-lead-to-empower-and/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [ We had Bob's \[Gordon\] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first record as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/we-had-bob-s-gordon-records-and-he-s-on-clifford-brown-s-first-record/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) > [Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/another-classical-music-teacher-from-performing-arts-that-i-ve-stayed/) [Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/jon-gordon/#itemlist", "name": "24 Years Quotes By Jon Gordon", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we're in a time and place, the last 20 plus years, and certainly now, it's only more so, where it's just about us creating a body of work. 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