Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
All Quotes by author - Oscar Peterson
" I am the worlds laziest writer. "
Writer
I Am
Am
" I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. "
Possible
Believe
Single
" I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos. "
Going
Long
Air
" I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one. "
Sell
Care
Because
" If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you. "
Say
Worth
Listen
" I have no one style. "
Style
" I play as I feel. "
I Feel
Feel
Play
" It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. "
Sound
Solo
You
" Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. "
Trying
You
People
" The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that. "
Love
People
Play
" Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. "
Speak
Jazz
Limit
" We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour. "
Musicians
Tour
Top
" You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz. "
Own
Back
You
Check our other websites:
BookDark
MusicDark