I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes build jazz learn
Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot. David Amram esquirefrenchhorn Change image and share on social
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead. David Amram aheadbascompliment share on social
That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done. David Amram appreciatearchitectcarpenter Change image and share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
Though builders may build, in the main they follow the plans of architects. Teachers teach, but they must have a text. Politicians govern, but only upon the flow of commentary that raises them up or casts them down. Mark Helprin architectbuildbuilder share on social
