Chet Baker quotes
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“I'm definitely a romantic, I don't think life is really worth all the pain and effort and struggling if you don't have somebody that you love very much”
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“Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton.”
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“It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play.”
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“The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.”
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“You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose.”
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“Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart?”
-- Chet BakerSource : Song: My Funny Valentine
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“I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself.”
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“It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.”
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“Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I'm going.”
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“People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong.”
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“In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.”
-- Chet Baker
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