Howard Roberts quotes
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“I've come up with the theory that the music is within. We don't bring it in; it's already there. We have to figure out how to get it out.”
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“Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians have trouble executing a passage, they generally tend to blame themselves for not having enough talent. Actually, all that's wrong is they don't know where their fingers are supposed to go...you should learn the piece in your head before you play it. And when you do play it, play it so slow that there's no possibility of making a mistake.”
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“Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the other greats. Analyzing Bach absolutely influenced my jazz playing.”
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“... the hardest studio music to play is Tom & Jerry - cartoons. The music makes absolutely no sense, as music. You can't get into hearing it. There's nothing to hear-'bleep!, blop! scratch!' and it comes fast; everything's first take. That'll change the way you look at life.”
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“Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.”
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“I feel an autumnal Saturday, no matter how beautiful, is wasted if it doesn't find me sitting in on a football game.”
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“A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.”
-- Howard Roberts
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“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”
Source : Aaron Copland (1959). “The pleasures of music”
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Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2
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“There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.”
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“People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.”
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“To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.”
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