Composer Quote by Pat Metheny

“And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and maybe a guitar wrapped around his head.”

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I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music…

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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

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I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is

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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound

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Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's…

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If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me…

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The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

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Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it!

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Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence...

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To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling…

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If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend…

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Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.

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The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is huge.

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If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

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The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer.

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