I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is Pat Metheny More Quotes by Pat Metheny More Quotes From Pat Metheny Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable. Pat Metheny always-tryingconnectionsart ...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing. Pat Metheny jazz-and-lifeverbsmusical From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles Pat Metheny iconsguitarculture If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue. Pat Metheny jazzmightideas If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord. Pat Metheny jazzseawater Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. Pat Metheny jazzmusicstupid Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one. Pat Metheny rockspoliticalcountry The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. Pat Metheny peterthemefirsts There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me. Pat Metheny strongrealreason I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz. Pat Metheny musicprinciplesworry Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music. Pat Metheny outputmusic-lovereflection Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it! Pat Metheny identitytryingsometimes I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do Pat Metheny aestheticsoundthinking To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it. Pat Metheny differentstoriesway 1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar. Pat Metheny iconsguitarnight I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted Pat Metheny playworldthinking Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence. Pat Metheny your-presencejazzmusic-is I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much! Pat Metheny ableluckysleep I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound Pat Metheny soundlittlesway And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and maybe a guitar wrapped around his head. Pat Metheny guitarpiecesmind
