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Top 30 Gerry Mulligan Quotes (2025 Update)

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.”

1. “What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it’s very hard to bear.”

2. “This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it’s very hard to bear.”

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Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Actually, it is a fact that I’ve been doing more writing than playing in recent years.”

3. “Actually, it is a fact that I’ve been doing more writing than playing in recent years.”

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Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Life on the road is murder. It’s as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.”

4. “Life on the road is murder. It’s as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Because if you’ve got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.”

5. “Because if you’ve got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “If you’ve only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.”

6. “If you’ve only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the ’twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones.”

7. “Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the ’twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “It’s true I’ve always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.”

8. “It’s true I’ve always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.”

9. “You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.”

10. “Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.”

11. “So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “I’m fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.”

12. “I’m fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.”

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Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Eliminating the piano means that I’ve always worked closer with the bass than most players.”

13. “Eliminating the piano means that I’ve always worked closer with the bass than most players.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.”

14. “I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.”

15. “I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.”

16. “People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it.”

17. “You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.”

18. “Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.”

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Gerry Mulligan Quote: “The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don’t have much point in the orchestra.”

19. “The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don’t have much point in the orchestra.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “I’ve always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.”

20. “I’ve always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “I’ve appeared on some other people’s albums.”

21. “I’ve appeared on some other people’s albums.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don’t understand about that nonsense. It’s like, all instruments are there to use all the time.”

22. “People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don’t understand about that nonsense. It’s like, all instruments are there to use all the time.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “The recording industry has changed; they’re enjoying such incredible success in the pop field.”

23. “The recording industry has changed; they’re enjoying such incredible success in the pop field.”

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Gerry Mulligan Quote: “The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.”

24. “The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!”

25. “A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “When we’ve finished the current tour I’m going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.”

26. “When we’ve finished the current tour I’m going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.”

27. “In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.”

28. “When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.”

29. “The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.”

30. “Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “New York is still where I live most of the time.”

31. “New York is still where I live most of the time.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.”

32. “The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.”

— Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan Quote: “Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.”

33. “Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.”

— Gerry Mulligan

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