"Bill Evans described his tunes as vehicles; they are vehicles for self-expression, or expression of the self."

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Source : Kenny Werner (1996). “Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within”, Jamey Aebersold Jazz Incorporated

Kenny Werner

#Self Quotes #Expression Quotes #Tunes Quotes

“I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm sure I would have been in jail.”
“I'm a dyslexic person, so I avoid books.”
“And I realized, when I'd come in to the meetings with these corrugated metal and chain link stuff, and people would just look at me like I'd just landed from Mars. But I couldn't do anything else. That was my response to the people and the time.”
“Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do.”
“If you can find him, then he can find you. If he wants to find you, he will.”
“I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK.' "The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you.”
“I never thought I'd end up as a computer freak, but that's how the cookie crumbles. I do spend a lot of my time on the Internet, and often check out the different E-zines on the web, especially if something Iron Savior related is going down.”
“If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air.”

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