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15 quotes by Charlie Haden

Charles Edward "Charlie" Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianist Keith Jarrett, and his Liberation Music Orchestra, a group he co-led with pianist Carla Bley.
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The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the... →

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I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves... →

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I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can. Just give them other alternatives, especially... →

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As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will... →

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We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

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I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it.

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I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.

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I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and... →

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I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American... →

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There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in... →

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Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.

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I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

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It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its... →

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