We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.Oscar Peterson
very honored and proud that jazz has brought me to this acclaim by the Canadian people.
Oscar Peterson
I am the worlds laziest writer.
Oscar Peterson
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
Oscar Peterson
I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
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I have no one style.
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