Dizzy Gillespie Music Quotations

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds.

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.

I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.