Musical Idea Quotes

7 quotes by 6 authors

• In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I… — Duke Ellington
• Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in which a musical… — Bela Bartok
• 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… — Oscar Peterson
• Basically I'm in the idea business -- whether it's a musical idea or a spoken idea ... If you wind up with a political system… — Frank Zappa
• All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to… — Gloria Estefan
• Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened. — Archie Shepp
• I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. — Oscar Peterson

Who Wrote These Musical Idea Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 7 Musical Idea Quotes as follows:

• 2 Musical Idea Quotes by Oscar Peterson
• 1 Musical Idea Quote by Duke Ellington
• 1 Musical Idea Quote by Bela Bartok
• 1 Musical Idea Quote by Frank Zappa
• 1 Musical Idea Quote by Gloria Estefan
• 1 Musical Idea Quote by Archie Shepp