Chick Corea Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“It's made music more accessible with YouTube and the ability to trade audio files. But it hasn't made it more popular.”

“People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another.”

“When I came to New York after high school in 1959 and started to meet musicians, 'Hot House' was like a standard jam session tune.”

“You get a zero at the end of your age number, and you get some extra attention. That's what I found out.”

“You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.”

“I came along in the '60s having absorbed as much as I could up until then and added my own tastes and search into the equation. I guess that's how I see 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' in relation to the development of jazz in general.”

“I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow.”

“If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the jazz culture, which I've always been so happy - honored, really - to be a small part of.”

“It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.”

“Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.”