If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

There is not a sentence in the world that could respectfully do justice to the life and music of Jerry Garcia.

So much of Jazz doesn't have an audience other than music students or musicians.

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

If youre going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If youre going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation thats based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, youre down to about 10 people or so.

Walter Beasley is an anomaly: a successful performing musician who possesses the rare skill of understanding the musical process beyond the intuitive. This special ability enables Walter to communicate with aspiring musicians in a way that removes the sense of mystery that sometimes enshrouds our profession.