American - Musician | August 12, 1954 -
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
Pat Metheny
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It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
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Listening is the key to everything good in music.
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My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
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The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity.
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There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0.
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I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me.
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