"If a jazz player is really playing, the……" — Wes Montgomery
"If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him."
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14 Quotes by Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery has 14 quotes on this site.
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I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.
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I don't know whether it was his (Charlie Christian's) melodic lines, his sound or his approach, but I hadn't heard…
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I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow…
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You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get…
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Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block chords like cats play…
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To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very hard…
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I don't know that many chords. I'd be loaded if I knew that many. But that's not my aim. My…
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A lot of places we go, when they see the organ coming in, they're expecting rock and roll, but after…
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Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't…
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It's impossible for me to feel like there's only one way to do a thing. There's nothing wrong with having…
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Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.
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When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved.
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More Classical Quotes
This quote is filed under Classical Quotes,
one of 639 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.
— Bjork
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to…
— Tony Blair
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Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances,…
— Dave Brubeck
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When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes…
— Dave Brubeck
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for…
— Paulo Coelho
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