They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
Charlie ParkerI kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.
Charlie ParkerMaster your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.
Charlie ParkerIt's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. The beat in a bop band is with the music, against it, behind it. It pushes it. It helps it. Help is the big thing. It has no continuity of beat, no steady chug-chug. Jazz has, and that's why bop is more flexible.
Charlie Parker