Carla Bley Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.”

“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.”

“I write very slowly.”

“It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”