John Scofield

The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and…

— John Scofield

When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of…

— John Scofield

I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.

— John Scofield

It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by…

— John Scofield

In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area,…

— John Scofield

It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.

— John Scofield

Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's…

— John Scofield

I have to work at tunes to get them to come out. Sometimes I'll sit there for four or five hours and…

— John Scofield

... sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and…

— John Scofield

Hang on to your eccentricities, because they will give you a style.

— John Scofield

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

— John Scofield

...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play.

— John Scofield

We don't want any vocalist messing up the music.

— John Scofield

I guess I got lucky with my sound.

— John Scofield

Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?

— John Scofield

... one thing people always ask me is 'How do you play outside?' ... I have no idea how to teach that,…

— John Scofield

The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists - the kids can't come. If they do, then they spend their entire…

— John Scofield

When you compare music, you lose the joy of listening to it.

— John Scofield

It's really good to be forced to get away and try something else, find something that's exciting.

— John Scofield