Miguel Zenon Quotes
The way I like to think about it is, even though I started music early - I started in classical music - it wasn't until I discovered jazz that I really fell in love with music and realized this was what I wanted to do for a living.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
-
I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
-
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
-
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
-
I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
-
I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
-
No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
-
I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
-
I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
-
I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
-
I love gentle, gorgeous classical music such as Mozart.
-
When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
-
Musically, I always wanted to experiment.
-
I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
-
I wanted to play baseball!
-
I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.
-
I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man.
-
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
-
If man understood that "what I create has nothing to do with what anybody else is creating" then he wouldn't be so afraid of what others are doing.
-
My producer, Michael Knox, he's kind of my eyes and ears on Music Row. While I'm out on the road, he's looking for songs, and then he and I will get together and go over songs.
-
I can't get very excited about a musician who can do Art Tatum because I've got the Art Tatum records. I want to hear him take that and do something that hasn't been done. And there's enough of that going around that keeps the music very exciting. There's so many great young players coming out. I think we're in some kind of renaissance, especially in the rhythm section. I mean the musicians on drums and bass and guitar are really trying to figure out different ways to bring a rhythm section together.
-
The way I like to think about it is, even though I started music early - I started in classical music - it wasn't until I discovered jazz that I really fell in love with music and realized this was what I wanted to do for a living.
