Don Ellis

Musician

1934-07-25

Quotes by Don Ellis

• 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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• To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel.

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• On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.

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