Lenny Breau quotes
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“I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs”
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“I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever mood strikes me the way Keith Jarrett does on piano.”
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“My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a lot of guitarists around.”
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“Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began listening to [pianists] Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner. Then I got interested in [saxophonist] John Coltrane.”
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“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.
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Source : A. J. Liebling (2016). “Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris”, p.59, North Point Press
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Source : "Young Love, Complicated by Cancer" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.
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“When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen”
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