Oscar Peterson

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#listen #people #say #something #then

I am the worlds laziest writer. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#i #i am #laziest #worlds #writer

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#capable #entire #every #expressing #i

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#believe #brahms #coleman #going #hawkins

I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#because #care #i #i think #less

I have no one style. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#style

I play as I feel. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#i #i feel #play

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#group #important #playing #solo #sound

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#any #cerebral #get #jazz #just

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#jazz #limit #many #personal #personal style