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Charlie Parker Quotes: Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.
         

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.


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Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.



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.

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 be afraid, just play the music.

Don't be afraid, just play the music.



Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.



I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music.

I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music.



If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.



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.

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.



Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.



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.



Man, there's no boundary line to art!

Man, there's no boundary line to art!





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Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns.

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It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.



All science is methodolgy with regard to the Absolute. Therefore, there need be no fear of the unequivocally methodological. It isa husk, but not more than everything except the One.

All science is methodolgy with regard to the Absolute. Therefore, there need be no fear of the unequivocally methodological. It isa husk, but not more than everything except the One.



You can only conceive of what lies beyond the state of mind you are in from the point of view of the state of mind you are in.

You can only conceive of what lies beyond the state of mind you are in from the point of view of the state of mind you are in.



Better to constantly check in than ride proud on your high horse.

Better to constantly check in than ride proud on your high horse.



I'm interested in raw land and trees and fresh air and rivers and lots of animals around them.

I'm interested in raw land and trees and fresh air and rivers and lots of animals around them.



All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.

All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.



For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers.

For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers.




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