California Jazz Festival

Mission:

Keep Jazz alive! Jazz Matters

Jazz Legends Quotes

Miles Davis:

• "Do not fear mistakes. There are none."

• "Time isn't the main thing. It's the only thing."

• "Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."

• "I'll play it first and tell you what it is later."

• "If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!"

• "I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing."

• "Music is an addiction."

Wayne Shorter:

• "Art is the discipline of being."

• "The challenge we musicians have is to see if we can be a bridge between the ancient and the future."

• "Jazz means: I dare you."

• "I want to be living for the future. I want to be a soothsayer, a guide."

• "The word 'jazz' means to me no category."

• "You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without the child alive."