Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Methenyis an American jazz guitarist and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 August 1954
CityLee's Summit, MO
CountryUnited States of America
sea water jazz
If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord.
ideas might jazz
If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue.
strong real reason
There has to be a real strong reason to do something with someone for me.
music powerful ideas
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.
guitar play records
Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.
home practice needs
The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.
collaboration done kind
As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.
listening gone realizing
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.
music people long
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
play musical way
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's worth of work.
music-is
Music is one big thing to me.
music guitar keys
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
home practice needs
One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.
music firsts kind
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.