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Jazz Quotes by Charlie Parker
- Bop is no love-child of jazz.
- Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks…
- I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher intervals…
- I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would…
- When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful.
- Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you…
- You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that…
- Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.
- If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.
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