Lee Ritenour Quotes

"Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the Brazilian angle, which is dear to my heart, and I recorded several albums with that flavor."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Music, Heart, Country, World)

"If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Music, Jazz, Play)

"I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Inspirational, Projects)

"I had redesigned my entire amplifier system for this tour because airlines are very strict now."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Now)

"Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Music, Guitar)

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Son, African)

"I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top of it with the main rhythm part."
- Lee Ritenour
(Related: Body, Guitar)