40 Quotes by John Scofield

I think that he is one of the most unique voices in all of jazz. Nobody sounds like him.

We have concerns about how they got to this reported crisis. We've given them everything they've asked for. That should get them through it.

We passed a clean bill, and we want to keep it as close to the president's request as possible.

When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head some sort of vague, orchestrated, fully fleshed-out big-band version of the song with other parts going on.

We think it's very appropriate for members to have a hand in the decision of how money is spent in their districts.

It's very common for members to change their priorities.

It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people. For me, it's always trial and error.

It makes a difficult job even harder, because there are holes we have to fill. Some of these proposals aren't new, but in an even tighter budget year, the problems are exacerbated.

It's easy to talk about it in the abstract, but the devil's always in the details.