47 Quotes by Chuck Mangione

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.

There's not much in the way of written-down arrangements - just things that Gerry and I have worked out, from playing spontaneously together and hanging on to whatever seems to fall in right.

My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records.

I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me

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.