Practice until your fingers bleed, then play until the pain ... - Charlie Parker

"Practice until your fingers bleed, then play until the pain becomes the music."

Charlie Parker Perseverance

Bebop Saxophonist American 1920–1955

More from Charlie Parker

"Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you."

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom."

"If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."

"You can play a shoestring if you're sincere."

"Perseverance is the key to success."

"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

"You learn to live with the pain."