I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence
Barney KesselCharlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.
Barney KesselPlaying scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity
Barney KesselWhen I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80!
Barney Kessel