Chuck Israels quotes

“Music needs the juxtaposition of opposites to achieve its drama, so harshness and dissonance are simply part of the material a musician can use to create a musical work. All one thing is a bore-all dissonance, or all fatuous consonance. George Winston and Guns and Roses are two sides of the same worthless coin in my esthetic world.”
-- Chuck Israels

Source : "Chuck Israels: Evans, Education And Philosophy". Interview with Sean Dietrich, www.allaboutjazz.com. May 27, 2010.

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“Everything-everything-was communicated through the sound of the music. There were no other signals of any kind ever-no count-offs, head nods, spoken instructions...nothing.”
-- Chuck Israels

Source : "Chuck Israels: Evans, Education And Philosophy". Interview with Sean Dietrich, www.allaboutjazz.com. May 27, 2010.

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“One of the most obvious aspects of the music to people who know jazz is: How does it feel in the swing? These are things that are very subtle and that jazz musician appreciate in a particular way. I appreciate the way Tommy Flanagan swings, the way that Barry Harris swings, the great pulse that Hank Jones and Bill Evans have - end every one of them is different.”
-- Chuck Israels

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“Playing inside the changes means playing enough of the important notes of the chord progression at important times. A good solo might be very free, but every once in a while it loops or hooks into an essential note that describes the harmonic change.”
-- Chuck Israels

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“So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.”

Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press

“I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.”

Source : "Adele Opens Up About Her Inspirations, Looks and Stage Fright", www.rollingstone.com. April 28, 2011.

“I'd like to do more family dramas.”

“I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.”

“I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.”

“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.”

Source : "Producer Adam Shankman Talks STEP UP REVOLUTION Blu-ray/DVD, Future STEP UP Movies, Directing GLEE’s Upcoming Christmas Episode, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 27, 2012.

“If you can reincarnate, what do you wanna be in your next life? I think I want to become a rock. A stone has no troubles and lives a simple life. The worst that could happen would be being stepped on, but that won't hurt. Am I right? What about you? What are you thinking? I've already thought it over for you. You'll become the wind. Because the wind is one of the world's cleanest things. Moreover, the wind can blow upon the rock, moving it. As it blows, the rock will eventually turn into sand. This way, the sand and wind can be together. Sand and wind are meant to be together.”

“Divorce transforms habit into drama.”

“Be glad I don't have my gun because right now I'm considering the different ways I can get you to shut up. Let me scream and back off.”

“A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.”