Best 13 quotes of Dexter Gordon on MyQuotes

A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.

Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.

I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.

In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.

Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.