47 Quotes by Chuck Mangione

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.

My goal was never to sell many records.

My music has always been strong in melodic content.

Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live.

To do it always right, that is what music is to me.

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it.

Music and jazz musicians would develop into my repertoire. Jazz standards like these had great melodies written by great composers.