Quotes About Innovation

It will lead many musicians out of the cul-de-sac they currently face. And those that do not understand will be cursed to make disposable music on laptops forever.

Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone, and it's not moving one inch.

Artists draw for themselves, If someone draws for them, theyre not an artist. An artist is someone who makes their own music and albums. Artist think music is a drawing, and they draw theirs.

My passion for music has always inspired my designs.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

.. you've got to be original, or there will be nothing distinctive or interesting about your playing

Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good as what you own right now.

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.

Any good music must be an innovation.

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

Making music should not be left to the professionals.

I don't separate one era of jazz from another, because I listen to everybody... Everybody takes from everybody else and adds their own thing and goes on from there.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.

We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.

After two takes you're imitating yourself.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.