Ray Brown quotes

Ray Brown was an American jazz double bassist and composer renowned for his innovative contributions to jazz music. His collaborations with legendary artists like Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald shaped the sound of modern jazz. He influenced generations of musicians with his exceptional technique and musicality. Here are 8 of his quotes:

People are trading distance for dollars.

Ray Brown

Coming down off crack is like the worst depression. The worst.

Ray Brown

Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

Ray Brown

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.

Ray Brown

We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.

Ray Brown

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.

Ray Brown

I will have a song that I'm in love with for a couple of months and then I'll go to something else. That's just constantly changing. And sometimes I will go back to old one that I haven't heard for a long time.

Ray Brown