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Instrument Quotes by Oscar Peterson
- It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the…
- Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe…
- I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
- You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
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