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Pat Metheny
American
Musician
About the author
It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Spirit
#Soul
#Hardware
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Work
#Musicians
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Love
#Music
#Reflection
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#First
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#People
#Jazz
#Beauty
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Time
#People
#Jazz
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Time
#Talent
#Brother
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Jazz
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Deep
#Zone
I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#World
#Play
#Pretty
#Music
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Key
#Music
#Listening
I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Jazz
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Youth
#Culture
#Guitar
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Jazz
#Principles
#Worry
I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Sound
#Hate
I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Sound
I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Day
#Night
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do.
Pat Metheny,
American
Musician
#Sound