Quotes About Creativity from Jazz Musicians

Reposting an old favorite today. These quotes always energize me!

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
–Duke Ellington

“There is no such thing as a wrong note.”
–Art Tatum

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”
–Charles Mingus

“I never sing a song the same way twice.”
–Billie Holiday


“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.”
–Miles Davis

“Life is not about finding our limitations, it’s about finding our infinity.”
–Herbie Hancock

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