5+ Lennie Tristano Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Lennie Tristano quotes and sayings.

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it. — Lennie Tristano

The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen. — Lennie Tristano

Dave Frank is one of the few people that can REALLY play! — Lennie Tristano

You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of time at the keyboard but finding ways I could make my fingers reproduce my deepest feelings. It meant, when you hit a note with a finger, you sank into that note all the way to the bottom of the keyboard until it went pow! Right? — Lennie Tristano

The jazz musician's function is to feel. — Lennie Tristano