The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work. AHMAD JAMAL BecomeConcernedLifeMusicPeopleQuickerTroubleWayWork
And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well. AHMAD JAMAL BaseClassicalCountryEndMusicOtherSpectrumWell
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. AHMAD JAMAL ArtistEuropeFailIndustryJazzMusicRealizeRecording
If you’re gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn’t work that way. AHMAD JAMAL DownForgetGonnaLayLivemightPeopleSayWellWork
I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking. AHMAD JAMAL FinishedJazzLikeMusicScholarWhatever
Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play. AHMAD JAMAL ImprovisationMeanMusicPlayPracticeScoreSimplyStraightforward
You’ve got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. AHMAD JAMAL CaughtDownMight BigPeopleProblem
Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background. AHMAD JAMAL BackgroundInstilledRegardlessRespectSelf RespectStudent
I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend. AHMAD JAMAL ChoiceFriendIdealInstrumentLookPianoResponsibleThree
