Horace Silver Quotes

#1. We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.

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#2. Good Lord's been kind to me, that's all I can say. I wake up in the morning with music in my head a lot of times. I won't say every morning, but I wake up in the morning sometimes with eight bars in my head and I just go to the piano.

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#3. Jazz is not background music.

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#4. Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.

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#5. I'm shooting for longevity. The road is hard on your body.

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#6. They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do my thing. That's one reason I stayed there for twenty-eight years.

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#7. I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each day, and I will try to use each day as a stepping stone to greater achievements.

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#8. The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going on here, and the soloists perform at top level.

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#9. I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

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#10. Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.

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#11. I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.

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