Lee Konitz Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

Lee Konitz quotes and sayings page 3 (musician). These are the last 7 out of 27 quotes we have.

“Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.”

“We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.”

“Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.”

“I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.”

“Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.”

“I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.”

“You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.”