Pat Metheny

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

It is Jazz’s very nature to change, to develop and adapt to the circumstances of its environment.

My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

The beauty of Jazz is that it’s malleable. People address it to suit their own personalities.

Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.

For me, there wasn’t a line between working and getting paid or simply playing for fun.

Love songs last because they are about feelings that don’t change.

To the person who uses music as a medium for the expression of ideas, feelings, images, or what have you; anything which facilitates this expression is properly his instrument.

A great thing about being a musician is you don’t stop until the day you die.

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

Miles Davis and John Coltrane were so cool, if alive today global warming wouldn’t be an issue.

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.

Music must be an innovation.

I wanna hear myself everywhere

The jazziest American contribution to the vocabulary of English is Jazz itself.

The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain’t no vampire!

I have no one style.

You don’t rehearse Jazz to death to get the camera angles.

Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it’s because music is fun, plain and simple.

The Blues contain so much joy and sadness at the same time.