The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. — Pat Metheny Beauty 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
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. — Pat Metheny Fans Copy Share Image
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound — Pat Metheny Equipment 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
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
There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me. — Pat Metheny Real Copy Share Image
A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that. — Pat Metheny Art Copy Share Image
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in… — Pat Metheny Amazing talent 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
Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they… — Pat Metheny Dangerous Copy Share Image
Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how… — Pat Metheny Absolutes Copy Share Image
It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom.… — Pat Metheny Becoming Copy Share Image
I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second… — Pat Metheny About Copy Share Image
If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that… — Pat Metheny Continuing 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
It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment. — Pat Metheny Circumstances Copy Share Image
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz. — Pat Metheny Discussion Copy Share Image
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles — Pat Metheny Beatles Copy Share Image
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener. — Pat Metheny Firsts Copy Share Image
I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me. — Pat Metheny Always Copy Share Image
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you. — Pat Metheny Demand Copy Share Image
Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. — Pat Metheny Actually Copy Share Image
The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners. — Pat Metheny Best players Copy Share Image
The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things. — Pat Metheny Education Copy Share Image
I'm 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
The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman. — Pat Metheny Extremely Copy Share Image
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is… — Pat Metheny Learning 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
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
To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you… — Pat Metheny Best way 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
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 love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life… — Pat Metheny Able Copy Share Image
If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge… — Pat Metheny Also 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
'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything… — Pat Metheny Anything Copy Share Image
No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing;… — Pat Metheny Bigger 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
