Top 6 Howard Roberts Quotes
#1. Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the other greats. Analyzing Bach absolutely influenced my jazz playing.
Howard Roberts
#2. I've come up with the theory that the music is within. We don't bring it in; it's already there. We have to figure out how to get it out.
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#3. A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.
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#4. I feel an autumnal Saturday, no matter how beautiful, is wasted if it doesn't find me sitting in on a football game.
Howard Roberts
#5. The hardest studio music to play is Tom & Jerry - cartoons. The music makes absolutely no sense, as music. You can't get into hearing it. There's nothing to hear-'bleep!, blop! scratch!' and it comes fast; everything's first take. That'll change the way you look at life.
Howard Roberts
#6. Chord substitution isn't some mysterious religious sect.
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