Charlie Haden : (2)

" I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And I went to a concert of Jazz at the Philharmonic when we lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and I saw Charlie Parker play and Billie Holiday sing and Lester Young play, and that did it. I said, ‘That’s what I want to do.’ " - Charlie Haden

" My roots have never left me… because the very first memory I have is my mom singing and me singing with her. " - Charlie Haden