Latest Pat Metheny Quotes from Interviews

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• There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me.

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  Strong, Real, Reason

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• I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.

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  Thinking, Pieces, Esoteric

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• As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.

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  Years, Collaboration, Done

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• Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it!

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  Identity, Trying, Sometimes

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• Music is one big thing to me.

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  Bigs, Music Is, Big Things

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• To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.

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  Stories, Way, Different

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• Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music being discussed at best - at worst, those terms often serve as code words for what is in fact a cultural / political discussion more than a musical one.

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  Country, Rocks, Political

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