109 Quotes by Pat Metheny

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument.

The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.

There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0.

There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.