25 Quotes by Bernie Worrell

If a person would study-not extensively, just hands-on, real instruments, and study a little harmony and theory, you could take it even further.

We were in touch with David Byrne a couple of weeks ago, and he's working on a new CD. He wants me to send him some rough mixes of my stuff.

Everything is always evolving. Right now we are in a search mode. Everybody's searching. And who can say or decide what it's gonna be?

People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don’t like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.

As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I’m writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I’ll just sit and roll tape.

The radios are going to dictate. That’s another fight. That’s another story there. I wish they just let it be.

I don’t listen to a lot of radio today. It’s not really music to me.