I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.
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This quote is just one of 9 total Don Ellis quotes in our collection. Don Ellis is known for saying 'I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.' as well as some of the following quotes.
On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that their own, 'corny', and it is my contention that in actuality it is these musicians who are producing that which in future years perceptive critics will deem 'corny'.
This quote is just one of 9 total Don Ellis quotes in our collection. Don Ellis is known for saying 'I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.' as well as some of the following quotes.