26 Quotes by Dexter Gordon

What I’m doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word – I love it.

Jazz to me is a living music. It’s a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.

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.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it’s composition. If you don’t understand what it’s about, you’re depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.

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

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 nuclear war all men are cremated equal.

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