7 Quotes by Charlie Parker
- I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.
- If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.
- Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
- They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
- You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.
- Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.
- Success is a juggling act: when you think you’re balancing everything, applause may only mean you forgot to catch one!
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