Oscar Peterson quotes
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“The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.”
-- Oscar PetersonSource : FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Aug 23, 2010
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“I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.”
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“It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.”
-- Oscar PetersonSource : FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Jan 24, 2012
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“I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.”
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“Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.”
-- Oscar PetersonSource : FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Mar 10, 2015
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“I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.”
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“If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.”
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“I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.”
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“Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted composer and arranger never ceases to amaze me. I consider him one of the musical giants of our age.”
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“We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.”
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“Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. I have no one style. I play as I feel.”
-- Oscar PetersonSource : FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Feb 12, 2016
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“Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.”
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“First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave up the piano for a month. I figured it was hopeless to practice.”
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“It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.”
-- Oscar Peterson -
“I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in the street and forget the piano. That's not a piano sound.”
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