“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.”
― Miles Davis https://t.co/Qgd79BOcO8
“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.” ― Miles Davis https://t.co/Qgd79BOcO8
“I’m going to give you one note today,” Bechet told his surprised pupil. “See how many ways you can play that note—growl it, smear it, flat it, sharp it, do anything you want to it. That’s how you express your feelings in this music. It’s like talking.”
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
Okay so that Miles Davis quote "if you hit a wrong note, it's the next note you play that determines if it's good or bad" applies to basically everything
Dylan O'Sullivanx.comIn the black neighborhoods, he learned that developing one’s own sound was essential and that sound and feeling were paramount over technique.