"You not only have to know your own……" — Oscar Peterson
"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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20 Quotes by Oscar Peterson
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to…
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need…
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I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own…
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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells…
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I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a…
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Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one…
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I am the worlds laziest writer.
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We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
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I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played…
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Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there…
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First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man,…
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