Pat Metheny quotes

Pat Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer, acclaimed for his innovative approach to modern jazz. His unique style blends elements of jazz, rock, and world music, earning him widespread recognition and multiple Grammy Awards. He continues to inspire musicians and audiences worldwide through his groundbreaking work and collaborations. Here are 26 of his quotes:

More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing. (Pat Metheny)

I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

Pat Metheny

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

Pat Metheny

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

Pat Metheny

I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.

Pat Metheny

I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.

Pat Metheny

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.

Pat Metheny

Listening is the key to everything good in music.

Pat Metheny

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.

Pat Metheny

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is. (Pat Metheny)

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.

Pat Metheny

It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.

Pat Metheny

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.

Pat Metheny

I hate the way chorus boxes sound.

Pat Metheny

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

Pat Metheny

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

Pat Metheny

What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity.

Pat Metheny

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

Pat Metheny

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

Pat Metheny

I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do. (Pat Metheny)

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted.

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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.

Pat Metheny

The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

Pat Metheny

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.

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Pat Metheny

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: August 12, 1954
Quotes count: 26
Wikipedia: Pat Metheny

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