28 Quotes by Miroslav Vitous

Basically, I switched over to the piano and then at the age of fourteen, I picked the bass up because it was something that just came into my life.

That was really so upsetting when you are trying to pass on some very serious knowledge and be basically, treated worse than a student coming off the street because his father pays the tuition. Come on. Give me a break. This is no school. This is a joke.

This was 1965, ?64, I was going to the conservatory there and later on, I became chairman of the New England Conservatory, which was a classical school with a jazz department.

They tested my talents and found out that I had talent by some tests they knew how to do as far as ear training and this kind of thing.

They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.

I took it very seriously and got very far with it. I was pretty much on a high level when I arrived.

I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there.

I am more of a solo bass player and he needed somebody who would keep the role.

They [the teachers at European conservatories] taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.