Chick Corea Quotes
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Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.
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I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it.
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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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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.
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Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me.
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When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love.
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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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Only a spiritual being has awareness.
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I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow.
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I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.
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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.
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If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the jazz culture, which I've always been so happy - honored, really - to be a small part of.
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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.
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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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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.
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My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element.
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You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.
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I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.
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I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man.
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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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The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.
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My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.
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I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.
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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.