Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Quote by Charlie Parker

Topics: Music Quotes, Play Quotes

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line...

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line...

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you...

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you...

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and...

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They...

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw...

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw...

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent...

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

In America, the young are always ready to give to those older than themselves the...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given...

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and...

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and...

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

The direction of a man's thought is always the decisive factor in his personality. His...

The direction of a man's thought is always the decisive factor in his personality. His...

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.