Charles Lloyd Quotes

#1. The youngster in me is still alive and kicking. I was infected by music at a very young age, so it's always kept me younger than springtime.

Charles Lloyd

#2. I think that music makers just really bless the planet.

Charles Lloyd

#3. Tim Price is truly blessed - he plays music because he loves it.

Charles Lloyd

#4. I think when you love music, you love a lot of it. Now when it comes to jazz, it's very much in the hyperions of height. You go exploring every night.

Charles Lloyd

#5. Spirituality is a word that is bandied about a lot. So I think it might mean different things to different people. I know that the United States of America is something of a religious country, but not necessarily a spiritual country.

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#6. My music, it breathes. It's the mysticism of sound. I'm a sound seeker, and I'm enthralled with it, by what it can do to change the molecules and uplift people. They feel something when we play. I can't take authorship for that. I can take that I'm in service.

Charles Lloyd

#7. All my life I'm trying to go forward and trying to grow.

Charles Lloyd

#8. [Jazz] is a music of freedom and wonder. It's our indigenous art form, and I'm still blessed to travel around the world and people lay out the carpet for us, so it's quite touching.

Charles Lloyd