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" I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted. "

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" There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0. "

Pat Metheny

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" For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around. "

" I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do. "

" Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60. "

Pat Metheny

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Said

" I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound. "

Pat Metheny

Equipment

Little

" My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent. "

" When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them. "

" I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much! "

" If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard. "

Pat Metheny

Miles

Number

" I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore. "

" I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is. "

Pat Metheny

Think

Jazz

" I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music. "

" Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument. "

" I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young. "

" I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times. "

" I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. "

" I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny. "

" There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term. "

" The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works. "

" The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is. "

" Listening is the key to everything good in music. "

" 'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else. "

Pat Metheny

Band

Musicians

" Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. "

" I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second I have been on the band stand with him has been an absolute pleasure. "

" What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity. "

" Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. "

" From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. "

" The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. "

" I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me. "

" People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. "