Oscar Peterson

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.

You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

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