Quotes About Tristano

#1. And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.

Mose Allison

#2. Whenever I open a book about jazz, I turn to the index and look for Lennie Tristano, the incredible pianist; Lee Konitz, the luminous alto sax player; and Warne Marsh, the tenor player who captured some of the most beautiful sounds in the world.

Carolyn See

#3. There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

Edith Hamilton

#4. The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen.

Lennie Tristano

#5. The jazz musician's function is to feel,

Lennie Tristano

#6. Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play!

Lennie Tristano

#7. Donald, I'm not sure if you're even aware of this, but the only difference between you and Michael Douglas from the movie, Wall Street, is that no one's going to be sad when you get cancer.

Anthony Jeselnik

#8. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.

George S. Clason

#9. Writers and filmmakers have this age-old relationship to the material.

Duncan Roy

#10. An expert is an ordinary fellow from another town.

J. Vernon McGee

#11. It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

Lennie Tristano

#12. Treat God like a dangerous loony - keep him calm and stay on his good side.

Herb Gardner