Dexter Gordon Quotes
"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Being)
"What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Love, Jazz, Word)
"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Ego)
"The music scene is more competitive in the States."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Music, states)
"Music is a reservoir... of sounds."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Music)
"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Building, Help, Opinion, Publicity, Will, Years)
"In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Influence, Jazz)
"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Play)
"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Music, African)
"Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Music, Future)
"Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Music, Dreams, People, Feelings, Beginning, Jazz, Living)
"A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on."
- Dexter Gordon
(Related: Opportunity)