Charlie Haden Quotes & Sayings
15 most famous Charlie Haden quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American musician who passed away on 11 July, 2014.
“The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.”
“I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician.”
“I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can. Just give them other alternatives, especially people who aren't exposed to creative music.”
“I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it.”
“We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.”
“As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.”
“I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.”
“There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice.”
“I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that I could do what I wanted to do. And they said I could.”
“I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.”
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