One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go… — Pat Metheny Change Copy Share Image
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. — Pat Metheny Love Copy Share Image
I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify. — Pat Metheny Difficult Copy Share Image
I met Gary (Burton) at the Wichita Jazz Festival when I was 18 -- he was one of my favorite musicians and… — Pat Metheny Band Copy Share Image
If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to… — Pat Metheny Come Copy Share Image
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism. — Pat Metheny Always Copy Share Image
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing. — Pat Metheny Gone Copy Share Image
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing. — Pat Metheny Ifs Copy Share Image
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young — Pat Metheny Able Copy Share Image
There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening. — Pat Metheny Audience Copy Share Image
Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but… — Pat Metheny Add Copy Share Image
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. — Pat Metheny Actually Copy Share Image
For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's… — Pat Metheny Actual Copy Share Image
If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is… — Pat Metheny Chords Copy Share Image
I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented,… — Pat Metheny Anymore Copy Share Image
There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0. — Pat Metheny Always Copy Share Image
It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment. — Pat Metheny Circumstances Copy Share Image
I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it… — Pat Metheny Always Copy Share Image
The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice. — Pat Metheny Home Copy Share Image
I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music. — Pat Metheny Acoustic Copy Share Image
When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a… — Pat Metheny About Copy Share Image
