11 Quotes by Joe Zawinul

Boxing is such a great sport and so much like making jazz music, ... There is the footwork, the jab, the constant setting up and reacting to your opponent.

promoter Bill Graham brought us to Fillmore to back up the Who.

It was great music, ... but it has passed. It is wonderful to recall it, fun to hear it, but that is not for me: I get too restless, too bored; I need something new.

But I end up with these bands who have players from literally all over the world.

Simply the best! Great music, extremely entertaining.

Music is not everything in life. If a young musician looks at it that way, then he can just play his instrument like putting a nail into a wall.

There is no luck; you've got to make your luck. You've got to always be prepared-without trying to.

Music can't save the world, but can make one a little calmer.

I am an improviser, ... I improvise music. Whatever you want to call it all, it is all improvised music. I may capture it and go back and write it down for others, but it was originally improvised.