Chick Corea Music Quotations

The most important lesson I took from Miles was his certainty as an artist. He was criticized in a lot of different ways, as most artists are ... when they try and do something, but he never wavered from continuing to make the kind of music that he really wanted to make. And that was very inspiring to me, ... that spiritual quality of courage and forthrightness.

People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another.

It's made music more accessible with YouTube and the ability to trade audio files. But it hasn't made it more popular.

I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it.

I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar, I'm playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that.

Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions.

The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.

My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.

As a musician, I don't have one thing that's "my thing." I like to create, and have a lot of outlets for it. Dustin Hoffman is one of the guys that sets a model for me, because of how good he is at being such different characters. Every time you see DeNiro, he's pretty much DeNiro - great, but DeNiro. Hoffman is different every time, depending on his character. That's how I see myself as a performer.

You've got to create the space, then fill it.

Without a doubt, my richest relationships are my long-term friendships with musical partners, because we make music together. That's what we love to do with our lives.

It's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what Kind of Blue did.

I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to people.

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.