Charlie Parker. All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Life. Charlie Parker. Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Nature Like. Charlie Parker.

Charlie Parker If you come on a band tense, you're going to play tense. If you come a little bit foolish, act just a little bit foolish, and let yourself go, better ideas will come. Charlie Parker I became bitter, hard, cold.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you. Music is your own experience. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.