The beauty of jazz is that it’s malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. Pat Metheny Read Quote
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. Pat Metheny Read Quote
Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I’m a 14-year-old who is 60. Pat Metheny Read Quote
I’m always trying to find ‘connections’ between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable. Pat Metheny Read Quote
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Pat Metheny Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz. Pat Metheny Read Quote
