The professional because of his constant involvement with the mechanics of music, must fight to preserve the naiveté that the layman already possesses.

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About Bill Evans

Portrait of Bill Evans

William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His extensive use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, and trademark rhythmically independent "singing" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today.

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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

—Edith Sitwell

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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

—Elvis Costello

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Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the bloody night, or when you're half awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is.

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The ear is the avenue to the heart.

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Though music oft hath such a charm to make bad good, and good provoke to harm.

—William Shakespeare

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