Dizzy Gillespie Musician Quotations

I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.

As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds.