Gerry Mulligan Quotes
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
Gerry Mulligan
Quotes to Explore
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With sturdy shoulders, space stands opposing all its weight to nothingness. Where space is, there is being.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.
Confucius
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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?
Lao Tzu
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Theirs is the present who can praise the past.
William Shenstone
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O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.
William Shakespeare
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Why did I lose? No reason, though you might like to know that I got tired, my ears started popping, the rubber came off my shoes, I got cramp, and I lost one of my contact lenses. Other than that I was in great shape.
Bob Lutz
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
Madame de Stael
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Instead of thinking in terms of chords, I think of voice-leading; that is, melody line and bass line, and where the bass line goes. If you do that, you'll have the right chord. [These voices] will give you some alternatives, and you can play those different alternatives to hear which one suits your ear. Keep the bass line moving so you don't stay in one spot: if you have an interesting bass line and you roll it against the melody, the chords are going to come out right.
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
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Sometimes when kids look like they're daydreaming, it's because they are, and we can't allow that possibility.
Eva Moskowitz
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Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
Gerry Mulligan
