Percy Heath quotes

Percy Heath quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.”
-- Percy Heath

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“I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour.”
-- Percy Heath

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“I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my producers that I wanted tracks that are going to blow up in the clubs, but I also wanted songs that were very melodic and with a lot of instrumentation.”
“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 was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn't have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I'm a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn't know how.”
“If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.”
“The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.”
“My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster”
“Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.”
“Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.”
“New York seems conducted by jazz, animated by it. It is essentially a city of rhythm.”
“Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles.”

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