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Oscar Peterson Quotes: "I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics."

I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you."

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.




Oscar Peterson Quotes: "I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea."

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one."

I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.




Oscar Peterson Quotes: "We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour."

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo."

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz."

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.




Oscar Peterson Quotes: "First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave up the piano for a month. I figured it was hopeless to practice."

First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave up the piano for a month. I figured it was hopeless to practice.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in the street and forget the piano. That's not a piano sound."

I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in the street and forget the piano. That's not a piano sound.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "I am the worlds laziest writer."

I am the worlds laziest writer.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos."

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.



Oscar Peterson Quotes: "Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear."

Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.