Quotes from Joe Zawinul

I am an improviser, ... I improvise music. Whatever you want to call it all, it is all improvised music. I may capture it and go back and write it down for others, but it was originally improvised.

Music can't save the world, but can make one a little calmer.

Music is not everything in life. If a young musician looks at it that way, then he can just play his instrument like putting a nail into a wall.

There is no luck; you've got to make your luck. You've got to always be prepared-without trying to.