I put quite a bit of study into the horn, that’s true. In fact, the neighbors threatened to ask my mother to move once, you know. Charlie Parker Read Quote
You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail. Charlie Parker Read Quote
They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art. Charlie Parker Read Quote
I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn’t play it. I’d been getting bored with the stereotyped changes that were being used. I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with related changes, I could play the thing I’d been hearing. Charlie Parker Read Quote
If you come on a band tense, you’re going to play tense. If you come a little bit foolish, act just a little bit foolish, and let yourself go, better ideas will come. Charlie Parker Read Quote
I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That’s when I was born. Charlie Parker Read Quote
Music is basically melody, harmony, and rhythm. But people can do much more with music than that. It can be very descriptive in all kinds of ways, all walks of life. Charlie Parker Read Quote
