Will Peterson
Will Peterson
William Jamesis a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Western Illinois...
sweet stress unique
Sweets [Edison] can say more with one note than any other Jazz player alive... an approach that stresses simplicity, glorious tone, natural potency and an unmatched affinity. He is a unique stylist in our music.
world jazz
I am the worlds laziest writer.
music philosophical play
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. If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
men practice two
First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave up the piano for a month. I figured it was hopeless to practice.
important sound groups
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. 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.
thinking albums care
I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
music believe ideas
I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
night musician tunes
We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
important sound groups
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
people ifs
If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
musician critics hard
I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.
music order play
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
ask fair
I do not ask to profit. I ask for what is fair and proper.
attention became gotten high paying people stay time trying
I became used to it. At that time, you are 18 years old. You don't think it's real. I was just trying to stay out of the way. The whole time I was in high school, I had gotten used to people paying a lot of attention to Laurens sports. They put a lot of things on my plate.