25 Quotes by Jan Hammer

The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.

If you think about it, the word "composing" or to compose, means to put together. So, you have to know what to put together and what to leave out.

Everything from now on will be done online – physical music media like the CD are dead in the water.

Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don’t do much recording with them.

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along – that’s the only way you can create music. If you don’t feel any emotions, it’s not going to happen.

I’ve been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she’s a jazz singer.