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Carla Bley Quotes

Carla Bley quotes

American Musician May 11, 1938

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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything. Carla Bley
There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all. Carla Bley
I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. Carla Bley
I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food. Carla Bley
I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener. Carla Bley
When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key. Carla Bley
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best. Carla Bley
Carla Bley quote: "I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started..."
I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle. Carla Bley
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'. Carla Bley
Carla Bley quote: "I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance."
I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance. Carla Bley
Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving. Carla Bley
Carla Bley quote: "It would be really hard to get serious about anything..."
It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke. Carla Bley
When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo. Carla Bley
Carla Bley quote: "I write very slowly."
I write very slowly. Carla Bley
Carla Bley quote: "Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad...."
Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that. Carla Bley

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