4+ Lenny Breau Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Lenny Breau quotes and sayings.

I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs — Lenny Breau

My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a lot of guitarists around. — Lenny Breau

I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever mood strikes me the way Keith Jarrett does on piano. — Lenny Breau

Bob Erlendson, a local piano player, taught me chord structure and which scales go along with them. Later, I began listening to [pianists] Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner. Then I got interested in [saxophonist] John Coltrane. — Lenny Breau