Album Quote by John Scofield

The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us…

— John Scofield

When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head…

— John Scofield

I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.

— John Scofield

It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people.…

— John Scofield

In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area, as opposed…

— John Scofield

It turns out kids today still learn that four-chord progression when they're just picking up the guitar.

— John Scofield

I have to work at tunes to get them to come out. Sometimes I'll sit there for four or five hours and get absolutely…

— John Scofield

... sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and then go…

— John Scofield

Hang on to your eccentricities, because they will give you a style.

— John Scofield

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

— John Scofield

...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play.

— John Scofield

We don't want any vocalist messing up the music.

— John Scofield