Quotes About Eric Dolphy

#1. 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

#2. It was exciting just to stand in front of the hallowed ground of Birdland that had been blessed by John Coltrane, or the Five Spot on St. Mark's Place where Billie Holiday used to sing, where Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman opened the field of jazz like human can openers.

Patti Smith

#3. it is not how many people come, or even who comes (in the sense of status or position) that counts, rather it is the quality of the interaction and conversation that make the difference.

Harrison Owen

#4. The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

#5. When you hear music, after it's over, it's gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.

Eric Dolphy

#6. The longer I don't write, the more I hurt.

Naomi Wood

#7. Do you know what the worst part of losing him is? The regret -- that he left before we could somehow find each other again. And now all I think about are the things I wish I'd told him before he died.

Frances Norris

#8. Whatever the needs of the public are, the government responds to those needs by getting larger.

Dave Barry

#9. Although I agree that wild horses are a symbol of the American West, I also believe that it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that these animals are managed, protected, and controlled in an effective manner.

Jon Porter

#10. Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.

Epictetus

#11. Trying to play the new concept with a outward bound feeling.

Eric Dolphy