The quotes below are all things that I have been lucky enough to hear first hand.
"All the answers are on the records." -Dan Haerle
"All the answers are in the scores." -Bob Ingles
"Don't listen passively, listen actively! Throw your books away." -Dennis Carroll
"Don't step on the form and don't step on the 3rds and 7ths." -Tim Coffman
"Sonny Rollins said to me, 'This music that we play, there's no end to it'." -Benny Golson
"There's nobody in the world better at being you than you." -Peter Manheim
"Mark Hiebert told me this; 'We often use the word 'difficult' when what we really mean is 'unfamiliar'.' " -Joe Clark
"Well, if you can't play it in time then you can't play it!" -Greg Fishman
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"F*** 'em, f*** people!" -Corbin Andrick
(Just to clarify, Corbin is an extremely sociable person who cares deeply for people. He gave me this advice when we were discussing practising and playing and I was worrying about what other people were thinking. I realised that I worry about what other people think far too often. In this context I find Corbin's quote very liberating.)
(Just to clarify, Corbin is an extremely sociable person who cares deeply for people. He gave me this advice when we were discussing practising and playing and I was worrying about what other people were thinking. I realised that I worry about what other people think far too often. In this context I find Corbin's quote very liberating.)
"How good can it get?" -Tom Matta
"Bad things happen to good people." -Dr. Bob Lark
"I'm almost seventy-five and I'm still working at it" -Jamey Aebersold
"Keep working!" -Ernie Mortlock