13+ Chet Baker Quotes On Poetry, Guitar And Nowhere

Chet Baker was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. He was known for his soft, lyrical style of playing, and his singing of popular songs in a jazz style. He was a major influence on the West Coast jazz movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Chet Baker on love, life, poetry.

I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. — Chet Baker

Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart? — Chet Baker

It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play. — Chet Baker

I soon became aware that there wasn't enough time or opportunity to kiss all the girls in the world. The best thing is to stay cool - just be choosy and wait for the right opportunity. — Chet Baker

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen. — Chet Baker

I like to play in the deep register. I was never a high-note specialist. My range goes from the bottom of the horn up to around C or D. High D is about it for me ... about two-and-a-half octaves, I think. But in these two-and-a-half octaves, I can say everything I have to say. — Chet Baker

It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all. — Chet Baker

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met. — Chet Baker

Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I'm going. — Chet Baker

You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose. — Chet Baker

I'm definitely a romantic, I don't think life is really worth all the pain and effort and struggling if you don't have somebody that you love very much — Chet Baker

People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong. — Chet Baker

Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton. — Chet Baker

Life Lessons by Chet Baker

1. Chet Baker's work demonstrates the importance of practice and dedication to achieving success in music.
2. He also shows that it is possible to overcome personal struggles and still create beautiful music.
3. His music is a reminder that it is possible to make something beautiful out of even the most difficult of circumstances.