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Carla Bley Quotes

I write very slowly Picture Quote #1

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that Picture Quote #1

I still prefer the bebop of the 40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle Picture Quote #1

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’ Picture Quote #1

When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn’t as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything Picture Quote #1

There are times when what’s happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all Picture Quote #1

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I don’t enjoy traveling in America. I don’t like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food Picture Quote #1

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key Picture Quote #1

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’ Picture Quote #1

I still prefer the bebop of the 40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle Picture Quote #1

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn’t play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world’s best listener Picture Quote #1

I don’t enjoy traveling in America. I don’t like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food Picture Quote #1

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What’s interesting about a person without problems? Picture Quote #1

I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can ever regain your ignorance Picture Quote #1

I don’t need much coaxing Picture Quote #1

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano Picture Quote #1

When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo Picture Quote #1

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There are times when what’s happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all Picture Quote #1

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best Picture Quote #1

Listening is more important than anything else because that’s what music is. Somebody is playing something and you’re receiving it. It is sending and receiving Picture Quote #1

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke Picture Quote #1

When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn’t as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything Picture Quote #1

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I write very slowly (Carla Bley Quotes) Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that (Carla Bley Quotes) I still prefer the bebop of the 40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle. (Carla Bley Quotes) One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’. (Carla Bley Quotes) When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn’t as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything. (Carla Bley Quotes) There are times when what’s happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all. (Carla Bley Quotes) I don’t enjoy traveling in America. I don’t like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food. (Carla Bley Quotes) When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key (Carla Bley Quotes) One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’ (Carla Bley Quotes) I still prefer the bebop of the 40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle (Carla Bley Quotes) I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn’t play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world’s best listener (Carla Bley Quotes) I don’t enjoy traveling in America. I don’t like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food (Carla Bley Quotes) What’s interesting about a person without problems? (Carla Bley Quotes) I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out (Carla Bley Quotes) I don’t think you can ever regain your ignorance (Carla Bley Quotes) I don’t need much coaxing (Carla Bley Quotes) I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano (Carla Bley Quotes) When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo (Carla Bley Quotes) There are times when what’s happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all (Carla Bley Quotes) Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best (Carla Bley Quotes) Listening is more important than anything else because that’s what music is. Somebody is playing something and you’re receiving it. It is sending and receiving (Carla Bley Quotes) It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke (Carla Bley Quotes) When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn’t as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything (Carla Bley Quotes)