John Abercrombie Quotes

• To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.

  John Abercrombie

  Funny, Inspiring, Imperfection

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• Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

  John Abercrombie

  Thinking, Play, Phrases

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• If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.

  John Abercrombie

  Consciousness, Unconsciousness, Ifs

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• Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything.

  John Abercrombie

  Inspirational, Hate, I Hate

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• The sound and proper exercise of the imagination may be made to contribute to the cultivation of all that is virtuous and estimable in the human character.

  John Abercrombie

  Character, Exercise, Imagination

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• As Eric Dolphy said 'Once you play the music, it's in the air. It's gone'. And that's true. But when you record it, it comes back to haunt you sometimes.

  John Abercrombie

  Music, Air, Play

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