Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Methenyis an American jazz guitarist and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 August 1954
CityLee's Summit, MO
CountryUnited States of America
amount case certain geniuses rarely talented themselves
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.
excelled musical
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
influenced seemed
The chorused thing, I would have to say I was the first to use extensively in jazz, and that seemed to have influenced a lot of other guys.
computers people sending
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.
listening gone realizing
More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.
i-can
The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.
zone
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly
duet extended mix tunes
With Christian, Antonio and David, I will mix it up, as usual, some tunes as a Trio, some as a Quartet, extended duet sections, and more,
felt lives sort
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.