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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 as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician.
- Charlie Haden
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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.
- Charlie Haden
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I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.
- Charlie Haden
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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 kind of a struggle getttin' it out there.
- Charlie Haden
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Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.
- Charlie Haden
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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 composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.
- Charlie Haden
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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 flourish.
- Charlie Haden
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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 people who aren't exposed to creative music.
- Charlie Haden
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I didn't play a lot of bass as a kid, but I sang it.
- Charlie Haden
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James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make a record with them, that he called me to do this record. I'd never done anything like that before. But I love blues, so I was very happy.
- Charlie Haden
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My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbilly music part of it, and all that music came over from Scotland and Ireland and England in to the Appalachian Mountains and Ozark Mountains, where I was raised.
- Charlie Haden
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I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment that you're in because, when you improvise, you're in right now. You're not in yesterday or tomorrow - you're right in the moment.
- Charlie Haden
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I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning.
- Charlie Haden
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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 bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
- Charlie Haden
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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.
- Charlie Haden
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