Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth12 June 1941
CityChelsea, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions.
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You don't have to be Picasso or Rembrandt to create something. The fun of it, the joy of creating, is way high above anything else to do with the art form.
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I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.
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It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind we're in it together.
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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.
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The title 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' comes from 'I Ching,' an ancient Chinese book that I was into in the '60s when I was studying different philosophies and religions.
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The title grabbed me because I think life is the ultimate adventure. It?s a great attitude to have toward life - that it is an adventure, that you tackle things and have challenges and foes to overcome and goals to accomplish.
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I came along in the '60s having absorbed as much as I could up until then and added my own tastes and search into the equation. I guess that's how I see 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' in relation to the development of jazz in general.
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You get a zero at the end of your age number, and you get some extra attention. That's what I found out.
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When I came to New York after high school in 1959 and started to meet musicians, 'Hot House' was like a standard jam session tune.
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People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another.
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It's made music more accessible with YouTube and the ability to trade audio files. But it hasn't made it more popular.
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I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.
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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.