One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’. Carla Bley Read Quote
When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo. Carla Bley Read Quote
I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. Carla Bley Read Quote
Listening is more important than anything else because that’s what music is. Somebody is playing something and you’re receiving it. It is sending and receiving. Carla Bley Read Quote
It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke. Carla Bley Read Quote
I still prefer the bebop of the ’40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle. Carla Bley Read Quote
