Lester Bowie Play Quotations

You play ensemble things that you had no idea you were going to play two minutes before.

Many times you never know what's going to happen. You'll play songs that you never thought you were going to play.

The music we play is kind of hard to explain. It's music that we really feel.

We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to play a note; or to play what some people would say is a sound.

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.

Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.