Chet Baker

He almost adds a Chet-like sound to it.

Well if I could play like Wynton Marsalis, I wouldn’t play like Wynton.

Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn’t play like Wynton.

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

What a guy, what a fool am I, to think my breaking heart could kid the moon.

What a fool I am to think my breaking heart could kid the moon.

I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything.

When you listen to a pianist, each notes should have an identity, each note should have a soul of its own.

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know

Today Jazz music is performed and listened to by people of all ethnicity, backgrounds, ages and creeds.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it… for two days, the critics know it… three days, the public knows it.

The louder they [the band] play the softer I sing.

Blues is to Jazz what yeast is to bread; without it, it’s flat.

There’s always this sound out there that’s just a little beyond my reach and that just sort of keeps me going.

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music.

Whenever there’s a change with Jazz and its aesthetics, it’s almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

What I look for in concert is a connection with the audience.

A Jazz Diet will make you hipper, thinner, taller, smarter, richer, happier and more attractive to members of both sexes.

The radio makes hideous sounds.