I don’t enjoy traveling in america. I don’t like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food. — Carla Bley
Gerry mulligan and chet baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that. — Carla Bley
It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke. — Carla Bley
I still prefer the bebop of the ’40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. — Carla Bley
I just got to hear every note. After I left birdland, I started working at the jazz gallery. — Carla Bley
I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. — Carla Bley
There are times when what’s happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times — Carla Bley
There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best. — Carla Bley
When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. — Carla Bley