Great Quotes
“If you play a tune and a person don’t tap their feet, don’t play the tune.” Count Basie
“Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.” Benny Goodman
“What I’m doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word – I love it.” Dexter Gordon
“I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82. ”
“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night, but differently each time.”