More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.
Pat MethenyTo me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.
Pat MethenyIt's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom. To me if it's anything, jazz is a verb ? it's more like a process than it is a thing.
Pat Metheny