Oscar Peterson Quotes

You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz. - Oscar Peterson

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour. - Oscar Peterson

Very honored and proud that jazz has brought me to this acclaim by the Canadian people. - Oscar Peterson

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. - Oscar Peterson

The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that. - Oscar Peterson

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. - Oscar Peterson

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. - Oscar Peterson

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you. - Oscar Peterson

I play as I feel. - Oscar Peterson

I have nothing but great admiration for this gentleman . . . who's been able to withstand a lot of the foils and stumbling blocks in politics as we know them. - Oscar Peterson

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