All we can do is go about our work. But we can have a goal. We can have a dream. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces. — Jon Gordon Inspirational Copy Share Image
Things dribbled in in dribs and drabs through my 20s. But it was a struggle. — Jon Gordon Struggle Copy Share Image
If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're… — Jon Gordon Assumption Copy Share Image
Definitely I had a lot of times where I was really hard on myself. Really frustrated. But I never felt like I… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
The first CD I had, that I think had had any redeeming qualities to it, I did when I was 25 with… — Jon Gordon Cds Copy Share Image
Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize… — Jon Gordon Choice Copy Share Image
[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors. — Jon Gordon Competition Copy Share Image
There were a lot of great things you could go and hear for very little money at the time [ '80s]. Mike… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
You're not going to have any pension or health care from those $60 nights at you name the club. But I think… — Jon Gordon Art Copy Share Image
I wasn't expecting [the Monk competition] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to… — Jon Gordon Broadway Copy Share Image
I had made a couple of records in Europe. One as a leader, and one as a sideman before that. It was… — Jon Gordon Couple Copy Share Image
I had played some festivals with people and met and been around some good people, for sure. But what I say to… — Jon Gordon Competition Copy Share Image
Phil [Wood] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside...… — Jon Gordon Blessed Copy Share Image
The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So… — Jon Gordon Cities Copy Share Image
[Manhattan School Of Music] didn't' have a jazz undergraduate program at the time so I played a semester in the big band.… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I did, I was in Europe a lot. I would say, mid 20s to late 30s. Less so in the last ten… — Jon Gordon Europe Copy Share Image
What I feel the most confident about as a teacher, whatever my strengths and weaknesses are. The fact that I got to… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Percy France told me, similarly, he and Bird used to hang out. They were good buddies. And he said, "Man, we'd just… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes.… — Jon Gordon Beach Copy Share Image
I got to perform the [Jaques] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Particularly, in my situation, I needed a way out of where I was. So music was that. — Jon Gordon Music Copy Share Image
Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
“Remember, life gives us warnings for a reason. Learn from this. Do things differently.” — Jon Gordon Life Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm attracts more passengers and energizes them during the ride. — Jon Gordon Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
The Monk competition did open some doors. And I was thankful for that. — Jon Gordon Competition Copy Share Image
We often have to lose what we thought we wanted to find what God wants for us — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t. — Jon Gordon Being positive Copy Share Image
![“I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/jon-gordon-1655_bob_i-saw-that-music-reflected-in-my-mother_2694864.png)
![“[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/jon-gordon-1655_competition_winning-the-thelonious-monk-internationa_658906.png)
![“There were a lot of great things you could go and hear for very little money at the time [ '80s]. Mike Stern is still playing at the 55 Bar on Mondays or Wednesdays.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/jon-gordon-1655_80s_there-were-a-lot-of-great-things-you-cou_3062425.jpg)
![“We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was in the '70s.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/jon-gordon-1655_frank_we-listened-with-my-mother-to-frank-sina_351080.png)
![“I wasn't expecting [the Monk competition] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued to happen and some doors continued to open and that kind of led me into the different associations that I developed in my 30s and some records that I've made on ArtistShare…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/jon-gordon-1655_association_i-wasn-t-expecting-the-monk-competition_885761.jpg)
![“Phil [Wood] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside... if he was out of line or drinking too much, being too surly.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/jon-gordon-1655_blessed_phil-wood-was-very-passionate-very-commi_1490080.png)
![“The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So I got very inspired, I started going to clubs through a friend's mom in the city, again, another person who just completely opened all these doors for me and it was amazing how kind she…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/jon-gordon-1655_cities_the-light-went-on-when-i-heard-phil-wood_443064.png)
![“[Manhattan School Of Music] didn't' have a jazz undergraduate program at the time so I played a semester in the big band. There was a graduate program. But I wasn't really that involved in jazz yet.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/jon-gordon-1655_band_manhattan-school-of-music-didn-t-have-a_2867269.jpg)
![“By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere records that that Paquito [D'Rivera] was on. And he also played me and our friend, Curtis Haywood, some Phil Woods records. And when I heard Phil, I just about lost my mind. I was…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/jon-gordon-1655_80s_by-the-latter-part-of-high-school-by-the_2544684.jpg)
![“I got to perform the [Jaques] Ibert Concertino Da Camera with a brilliant pianist at school named Chunga. I got to perform the [Alexander] Glazunov Concerto in senior year with our school orchestra and the Jewish Grossman orchestra. I won a scholarship from the Goldman band to perform the [Paul]…” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/jon-gordon-1655_band_i-got-to-perform-the-jaques-ibert-concer_3097906.png)
