"I think the blues is fine for blues……" — Derek Bailey
"I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me."
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27 Quotes by Derek Bailey
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Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and…
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Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the…
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Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic or hostile, has a power that no other…
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Charlie Appleyard can be anybody; but Ive used him sometimes in chat pieces, and these are all chat pieces about…
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I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.
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I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.
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In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of…
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But that methodology where players are pitted against other unfamiliar players has been so widely adapted now that anybody plays…
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Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone--beginners, children, and…
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If you could only play a record once, imagine the intensity you’d have to bring into the listening.
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In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
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I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach…
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More Blues Quotes
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one of 667 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
— Count Basie
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
— Christina Aguilera
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.
— Luke Bryan
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to…
— Gary Allan
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
— Nick Cave
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music,…
— Nick Cave
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
— Ray Charles
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my…
— Eric Clapton
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