In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.
Chet BakerIt seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play.
Chet BakerYou don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose.
Chet Baker