Chick Corea quotes

Chick Corea was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, recognized as one of the most influential figures in modern jazz. His innovative work with genres like jazz fusion and Latin jazz shaped the sound of contemporary music. He inspired generations of musicians with his virtuosic playing and creative spirit. Here are 19 of his quotes:

It's a way of life for me. To me, Scientology is the very thing that artists need, in the sense that it's not a religion that you have to change the way that you pray or think about the Creator. What's incredible about Scientology is that this is the first time there's been a real technology on human relationships. To me, that's what's missing in the world. Like most of us, I grew up in a mechanical world. And when I got into music, it was mechanical in the sense of choosing notes and chords. Missing were the humanities. What ever happened to how you really live? How you feel? How you relate to people? How you reach out and help someone? I think that's one of the most basic, natural tendencies all people have-to help. Scientology gives you the necessary tools to be successful at helping someone. (Chick Corea)
It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind... we're in it together. View quote
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The values that Scientology states are universal values. Values that any good mother or father or friend couldn't possibly disagree with. They're the values of health and improvement. It's not a belief system where you have to sign up and believe something particularly. People of all religions study Hubbard, and Hubbard himself encouraged religions to flourish because in our day and age, in our mechanized society, what is lacking is the humanities and people with faith and beliefs. So that's one of our operations. We encourage that. I require a certain amount of ethics from anybody I work with. View quote
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Without a doubt, my richest relationships are my long-term friendships with musical partners, because we make music together. That's what we love to do with our lives. View quote
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I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college. View quote
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Only a spiritual being has awareness. View quote
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I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man. View quote
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Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish that maybe we'll play together, because that's how I learn and grow and so forth, you know. But hopefully there's a lot more. View quote
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I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it. View quote
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Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me. View quote
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My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond. (Chick Corea)
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I be the whole band and Im playing the drums, Im playing the guitar, Im playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that. View quote
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You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity. View quote
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The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed. View quote
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I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying. View quote
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I believe that any "awareness" of life is "spiritual" since awareness can only be a quality of the spirit not of the material world or of matter and machines. Only a spiritual being has awareness. View quote
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I write music to celebrate life. I think most artists do, no matter how they themselves describe it. It's the joy of creating. It's a way of life. View quote
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My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element. View quote
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I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more about the various cultures in Africa. But that's the basis point of where all of the music that I love is based upon, from Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to South America. View quote
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