Ray Conniff Quotes


"If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond."
- Ray Conniff
(Related: Love, Art, People, Energy, Will)

"I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist."
- Ray Conniff
(Related: Father, Artist, Friends)

"I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile."
- Ray Conniff
(Related: People, Dancing, Drinks, Fun, Musicians, Right, Smile)

"I didn't get paid. I didn't even care that I didn't get paid."
- Ray Conniff
(Related: Care)

"Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded."
- Ray Conniff
(Related: Art, People, Artists, Difference)

"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."
- Ray Conniff
(Related: Play)