Dexter Gordon Quotes & Sayings
13 most famous Dexter Gordon quotes and sayings (musician). These are the first 10 quotes we have for him.
“Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.”
“In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.”
“A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.”
“If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.”
“When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.”
“To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.”
“What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.”
“If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.”
“Music is a reservoir... of sounds.”
“Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future.”
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