I do know the older I get, the more I’m referencing music I heard as a kid.
“I do know the older I get, the more I’m referencing music I heard as a kid.” Bill Frisell
“I do know the older I get, the more I’m referencing music I heard as a kid.” Bill Frisell
“I feel so lucky that my high school was right in the middle of Denver, which is one of those sort of segregated towns, with … Read More
“There’s so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.” Bill Frisell
“I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, … Read More
“I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.” Bill Frisell
“I’ve been lucky with the circle of people I’m playing with. We’ve played enough that there’s a language we talk with each other when we … Read More
“Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I’ve been with all along, that’s where I really learn.” Bill … Read More
“I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you’re one thing, it’s hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music is … Read More
“I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I’m trying to let what’s in there come … Read More
“I’m basically a pretty shy person and I don’t dance or get into fights. But there are all these things inside me that get out … Read More
“I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.” Bill Frisell
“I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it … Read More
“First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown ‘noise guy,’ and now some people call me an Americana guy.” Bill Frisell
“”Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible–a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of people … Read More
“It’s incredible how one song or even one little phrase or just a few notes, if you really concentrate on it, can be a kaleidoscope … Read More
“To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.” Bill Frisell
“For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being – … Read More
“Music doesn’t hurt anybody, that’s what’s amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has … Read More
“There’s always this sound out there that’s just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.” Bill Frisell
“In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There’s always this … Read More