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“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you that music has boundaries. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”
― Charlie Parker

“Don't be afraid, just play the music.”
― Charlie Parker

“If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.”
― Charlie Parker

“First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that s**t and just play.”
― Charlie Parker

“Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”
― Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker - Jazz Masters Series

“I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.”
― Charlie Parker

“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”
― Charlie Parker

“If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.”
― Charlie Parker

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”
― Charlie Parker

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.”
― Charlie Parker

“Hear with your eyes, see with your ears”
― Charlie Parker