When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.

Quote by Dexter Gordon

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In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

The music scene is more competitive in the States.

The music scene is more competitive in the States.

Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future.

Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future.

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word...

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word...

In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.

In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.

A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but...

A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but...

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for...

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for...

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up...

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up...

If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.

If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know...

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know...

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has...

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has...

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their...

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in...

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in...

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body