Dexter Gordon Quotations

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.

In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

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

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.

Jazz to me is a living music.

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

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

If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.