Maynard Ferguson quotes

Maynard Ferguson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about Jazz music.”
-- Maynard Ferguson

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“I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'... it's an adventure.”
-- Maynard Ferguson

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“The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.”
-- Maynard Ferguson

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“I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.”
-- Maynard Ferguson

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“It's fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit.”
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."”

Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2
“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.
“Pain can be washed out with a song. / Pain can become jazz digested and transformed.”

Source : Alexis De Veaux (1980). “Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday”, HarperCollins Publishers
“Is jazz a rhythm, or is it a vibration?”
“I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.”
“Bouncy trouncy flouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. The most wonderful thing about tiggers is I'm the only one!”
“God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful that He can, without anything other than Himself, meet and overflow the deepest demands of our total nature, mysterious and deep as that nature is.”
“All I want is to preserve that wonderful something which so purely exists between us.”
“I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing”

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