Oscar Peterson Quotes

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I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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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-PetersonOscar Peterson
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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-PetersonOscar Peterson
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I have no one style. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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I play as I feel. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson
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We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour. Oscar-PetersonOscar Peterson

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