Will Davis
Will Davis
music museums pieces
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
technology thinking people
A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear can hear that. Music is always changing. It changes because of the times and the technology that's available, the material that things are made of, like plastic cars instead of steel. So when you hear an accident today it sounds different, not all the metal colliding like it was in the forties and fifties. Musicians pick up sounds and incorporate that into their playing, so the music that they make will be different.
good-morning good-day morning-inspirational
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
style music-and-life jazz-and-life
For me, music and life are all about style.
music father play
My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.
phones answers shut-up
Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.
ego needs rhythm
My ego only needs a good rhythm section
jazz notes
There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.
women mean want
I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?
hype people enough
People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype....
music men legends
A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
trying musician entertainers
I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.
firsts
First you imitate, then you innovate.
music causes quitting
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.