Stanley Clarke Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Stanley Clarke:

You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.
~Stanley Clarke


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Usually, when I do a soundtrack, the music from the movie doesn't have anything to do with me personally. It's music to enhance to the film. My own stuff is more introspective and about what's on going in my head.
~Stanley Clarke


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I really like sometimes to do action pictures; I get a really big kick out of doing those.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#2fe44780

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.
~Stanley Clarke


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Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#2259c4c4

You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#88c67f50

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#21faa8da

I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the instrument that's evolved the most, especially with how it's perceived. And even how it's played, and how it's viewed from a point of view of commerce, like with the music industry.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#d6add9b8

It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#078e4d8d

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#b3b8170a

There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#88b65c6e

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#3d770309

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#98330625

I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a good film composer.
~Stanley Clarke


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I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.
~Stanley Clarke


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/stanley-clarke-quotes/#e3830022

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