Horace Silver Quotes

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• I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole lot…
• Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's like making a…
• They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was…
• Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.
• I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each day,…
• We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.
• Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.
• I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.
• I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.

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