Quotes of Paul Desmond - somelinesforyou

“ Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But it's really more introspective than communicative. Like a crossword puzzle compared to a poem. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted it to sound like a dry martini. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I felt a responsibility to all other newsletter publishers. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I felt a responsibility to all other newsletter publishers. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I felt a responsibility to all other newsletter publishers. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted it to sound like a dry martini. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I felt a responsibility to all other newsletter publishers. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I felt a responsibility to all other newsletter publishers. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ The qualities in music I considered most important — and still do — were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was. ”

- Paul Desmond

“ I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted it to sound like a dry martini. ”

- Paul Desmond
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