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To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel. - Don Ellis Quotes

To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel.

American Musician

As we see in folk music quite often, emotion transforms what might otherwise be considered 'corny' (i.e. trite, banal, sentimental) music into valid, moving art. - Don Ellis Quotes

As we see in folk music quite often, emotion transforms what might otherwise be considered 'corny' (i.e. trite, banal, sentimental) music into valid, moving art.

I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass. - Don Ellis Quotes

I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.

American Musician

Because when we are right there is not a band in the world that can touch us! - Don Ellis Quotes

Because when we are right there is not a band in the world that can touch us!

American Musician

I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out. - Don Ellis Quotes

I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.

American Musician

On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead. - Don Ellis Quotes

On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.

American Musician

The truth in the matter lies in the fact that anything repeated too long without variation tends to become boring. - Don Ellis Quotes

The truth in the matter lies in the fact that anything repeated too long without variation tends to become boring.

It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own, 'corny', and it is my contention that in actuality it is these musicians who are producing that which in future years perceptive critics will deem 'corny'. - Don Ellis Quotes

It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own, 'corny', and it is my contention that in actuality it is these musicians who are producing that which in future years perceptive critics will deem 'corny'.

It is much easier to be accepted if you play like everyone else, and you will get more jobs. It depends on where your values lie. - Don Ellis Quotes

It is much easier to be accepted if you play like everyone else, and you will get more jobs. It depends on where your values lie.

American Musician

Why should a craftsman not make use of all his tools if they will promote a greater communication and expressiveness? This is not to deny that beautiful things can be fashioned out of very modest means, but what possible objection can there be towards an artist trying to be more resourceful? - Don Ellis Quotes

Why should a craftsman not make use of all his tools if they will promote a greater communication and expressiveness? This is not to deny that beautiful things can be fashioned out of very modest means, but what possible objection can there be towards an artist trying to be more resourceful?

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