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Pat Metheny Quotes

American - Musician | August 12, 1954 -

I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

Art Connections Trying Find Always

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

Jazz More Through Blunt Something

For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.

Music Time People Me Musicians Jazz

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.

Culture Youth Guitar Thanks Beatles

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted.

Music World Think Play Know Way

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.

Worry Too Much Jazz Principles Much

I hate the way chorus boxes sound.

Hate Way Sound Boxes Chorus

I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.

Why Way Sound Little Like Equipment

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

Day Night Hard Saw Times

I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do.

Think Aesthetic Sound Basic Most

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.

Think View Jazz More I Think

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.

Work Best City Musicians Young Able

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