Chuck Mangione People Quotations

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.

What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image.

With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy.

Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

I remember, when I grew up, going to dances was just a lot of fun. But when people get together now, music is the first thing that happens.

I think people today are hearing music that I recorded thirty years ago and do not listen to it as if it is something old but just something good.

I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.

For me, lifting the people up, making them enjoy what we're doing is as important as it is for me to play the kind of music I want to play.