Yusef Lateef quotes

Yusef Lateef quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“External instruments are only extensions of the biological instrument.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#Music Quotes #Instruments Quotes
“Each culture has some knowledge. That's why I studied with Saj Dev, an Indian flute player. That's why I studied Stockhausen's music. The pygmies' music of the rain forest is very rich music. So the knowledge is out there. And I also believe one should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. With that kind of inquisitiveness, one discovers things that were unknown before.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#Believe Quotes #Rain Quotes #Player Quotes
“The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#Being Yourself Quotes #Voice Quotes #Challenges Quotes
“Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book â€˜Art as Experience,â€™ you canâ€™t separate experience from the work of art. So, if I write for the symphony today, youâ€™re listening to everything thatâ€™s happened to me since I was 18 years old.”
-- Yusef Lateef

Source : Yusef Lateef, Herb Boyd (2006). “The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef”, p.176, morton books, inc

#Art Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes
“Loveless moments are to be avoided.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#Moments Quotes #Loveless Quotes
“When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#Moving Quotes #Order Quotes #Sight Quotes
“I started to study the flute in 1951. The flute has been utilized by African-American musicians as far back as the early Twenties. If you take a look at some of the old pictures of Chick Webb, then you will see the flute right there on the bandstand among the woodwinds.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#African American Quotes #Flutes Quotes #Musician Quotes
“I started in high school with a teacher there. I also took lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Detroit. Detroit was very motivating. There were a lot of local people who inspired me like Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Donald Byrd, etc.”
-- Yusef Lateef

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #People Quotes

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