Astor Piazzolla Quotes

Argentina, Musician
March 11, 1921 – July, 4, 1992.

Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles.

Also known as Composer, Arranger

If you want to change the tango, you had better learn boxing, or some other martial art.

Astor Piazzolla
- Change
- Learn
- Boxing
I learned the tricks of the tangeros, those intuitive tricks that helped me later on. I couldn't define them technically; they are forms of playing, forms of feeling; it's something that comes from inside, spontaneously.

Astor Piazzolla
- Feeling
- Playing
- Tricks

For me, tango was always for the ear rather than the feet.

Astor Piazzolla
- Feet
- Ear
- Tango
In my head I had Bach and Schumann and Mozart and very little tango.

Astor Piazzolla
- Head
- Tango
- Bach
I still can't believe that some pseudocritics continue to accuse me of having murdered tango. They have it backward. They should look at me as the saviour of tango. I performed plastic surgery on it.

Astor Piazzolla
- Murdered
- Saviour
- Tango
To give pleasure to the old man, I clumsily tried to learn, and I was dreadfully bad.

Astor Piazzolla
- Learn
- Tried
- Old Man
My rhythmic accents, 3-3-2, are similar to those of the Jewish popular music I heard at weddings.

Astor Piazzolla
- Accents
- Rhythmic