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Charlie Parker Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Charlie Parker quotes: You've got to learn your instrument.

You've got to learn your instrument.

Charlie Parker quotes: Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

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

Charlie Parker quotes: Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.

Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.

Charlie Parker quotes: 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.

Charlie Parker quotes: Bop is no love-child of jazz.

Bop is no love-child of jazz.

Charlie Parker quotes: Learn the changes, then forget them.

Learn the changes, then forget them.

Charlie Parker quotes: Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

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

Charlie Parker quotes: Hear with your eyes, see with your ears

Hear with your eyes, see with your ears

Charlie Parker quotes: I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.

I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.

Charlie Parker quotes: If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.

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

Charlie Parker quotes: First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that s**t and just play.

First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that s**t and just play.

Charlie Parker quotes: I can play all I know in eight bars.

I can play all I know in eight bars.

Charlie Parker quotes: Man, there's no boundary line to art!

Man, there's no boundary line to art!

Charlie Parker quotes: When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful.

When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful.

Charlie Parker quotes: It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes.

It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes.

Charlie Parker quotes: Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Charlie Parker quotes: I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much.

I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much.

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.

Charlie Parker quotes: I look at melody as rhythm.

I look at melody as rhythm.