Pat Metheny Trying Quotations

Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it!

Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing; you're trying to create the illusion of a bigger dynamic range.

I was totally involved in trying to figure out a way of doing things with my instrument that would fit the ideas that I had in my head.

I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.