Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from. Chuck Mangione More Quotes by Chuck Mangione More Quotes From Chuck Mangione Music is meant to be a beautiful thing. Chuck Mangione beautiful-thingsmusic-isbeautiful I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. Chuck Mangione listeningwritingpeople I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. Chuck Mangione playerblessedtwo I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason. Chuck Mangione labelspeopleideas In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz. Chuck Mangione jazzalbumstwo 1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me Chuck Mangione rewarding-experiencespleasantyears I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. Chuck Mangione gladjoypeople I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing. Chuck Mangione difficult I have been recording for five decades now. Chuck Mangione decadesfivehas-beens As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms, elements, opportunities, and I fell in love with strings and their uses. Chuck Mangione musicalopportunityschool Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies. Chuck Mangione ingredientsstronginteresting I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. Chuck Mangione keysplaysong I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from. Chuck Mangione jazzmusicbelieve My goal was never to sell many records. Chuck Mangione sellsrecordsgoal I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years. Chuck Mangione musichandsyears With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy. Chuck Mangione strongworking-togetherpeople A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful. Chuck Mangione passionmistakebeautiful My music has always been strong in melodic content. Chuck Mangione strong My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records. Chuck Mangione brotherplayschool There's not much in the way of written-down arrangements - just things that Gerry and I have worked out, from playing spontaneously together and hanging on to whatever seems to fall in right. Chuck Mangione hanging-ontogetherfall
