Pat Metheny

Listening is the key to everything good in music. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#good #key #listening #music

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#hard #i #night #saw #times

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#became #culture #guitar #icon #mostly

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#almost #any #discussion #fundamentalist #i

I hate the way chorus boxes sound. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly. ↗

— Pat Metheny

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