Knowledge Quotes

"It takes a long time to play like yourself."

"The real thing you should study is rhythm and the blues."

"You can't just copy what I do - you have to understand it."

"You learn to play by listening to the masters."

"Every day I discover something new about myself through music."

"Knowledge without compassion is hollow and purposeless."

"Every person you meet has something to teach you."

"To be innovative, you have to understand what came before."

"Every session teaches me something new about myself."

"The blues taught me more about human emotion than any textbook could."

"Every collaboration taught me something I couldn't have learned alone."

"I learned more from listening to the mistakes of others than from their perfections."

"Impulse must be governed by knowledge."

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

"Knowledge is power."

"The minute you stop learning is the minute you start dying."

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."

"You got to understand where you came from to know where you're going."

"The noblest delight of mankind is to cultivate the intellect."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is its proper use."

"Knowledge without application is useless."

"Knowledge of different musical traditions enriches your own creative voice."

"The noblest gift of man is his reason."

"Knowledge is power."

"Knowledge without imagination is merely data."

"Knowledge of rules liberates you to break them."

"I believe that a composer must make efforts toward understanding the music and the music of a composer."

"The key to mastery is understanding the rules well enough to break them."

"Know thyself."

"He is the real artist who has perceived what cannot be known."