Stan Kenton Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Stan Kenton:

Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that’s all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band… to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.
~Stan Kenton


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I don’t think you can replaces great themes. But I think people do want to hear fresh arrangements of them. They don’t want to hear them played the same way all the time.
~Stan Kenton


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Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you’re going to play for people. But when you’re playing for listening, you’re free.
~Stan Kenton


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