John Abercrombie quotes
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“As Eric Dolphy said 'Once you play the music, it's in the air. It's gone'. And that's true. But when you record it, it comes back to haunt you sometimes.”
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“To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.”
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“Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.”
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“If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.”
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“Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything.”
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“The sound and proper exercise of the imagination may be made to contribute to the cultivation of all that is virtuous and estimable in the human character.”
-- John Abercrombie
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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 : Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.62
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Source : Adam Gidwitz (2010). “A Tale Dark and Grimm”, p.26, Penguin
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“If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles.”
Source : Source: www.pbs.org
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Source : "Toy boys r us" by Alun Palmer, www.mirror.co.uk. March 26, 2010.
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