Frases célebres de Charlie Parker
“No toques el saxofón. Deja que él te toque a ti.”
Original: «Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you»
Fuente: Book of African-American Quotations. Dover Thrift Editions. Editor Joslyn Pine. Editorial Courier Corporation, 2012. ISBN 9780486112442. p. 143. https://books.google.es/books?id=NfdBrOgz4swC&pg=PA38&dq=9780486112442&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig8JKn8ZjhAhUkzYUKHdtFBmwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Don't%20play%20the%20saxophone.%20Let%20it%20play%20you&f=false
“Vamos a celebrarlo. Tenemos a Bartók y ginebra. ¿Qué más necesitamos?”
Original: «Let's celebrate. We have Bartók and gin - what else do we need?»
Charlie Parker Frases y Citas
“No tengas miedo, solo toca la música.”
Original: «Don't be afraid, just play the music».
Fuente: Joy Ride: Lives of the Theatricals. Autor John Lahr. Editorial Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. ISBN 9781408868645. https://books.google.es/books?id=riZRCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&dq=Don%27t+be+afraid,+just+play+the+music.+Charlie+Parker&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjloOKo1pnhAhWO1uAKHVaLBXsQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Don't%20be%20afraid%2C%20just%20play%20the%20music.%20Charlie%20Parker&f=false
“Aprende los cambios de acordes, luego olvídalos.”
Fuente: Diario del anciano averiado (Diarios de Pániker 4). Diarios de Pániker. Literatura Random House. Autor Salvador Pániker. Editorial Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España, 2015. ISBN 9788439731399. https://books.google.es/books?id=01TDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT335&dq=Aprende+los+cambios,+luego+olv%C3%ADdalos.+Charlie+Parker&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW8tWk9JjhAhUF4YUKHVApCrIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Aprende%20los%20cambios%2C%20luego%20olv%C3%ADdalos.%20Charlie%20Parker&f=false
Charlie Parker: Frases en inglés
As quoted in Bird : The Legend Of Charlie Parker (1977) by Robert George Reisner, p. 27
“Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.”
As quoted in Words of Wisdom (1990) edited by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 435
On his personal stylistic breakthrough, quoted in Hear Me Talkin' to Ya (1955) edited by Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, . p 354
As quoted in Acting Is a Job: Real-life Lessons About the Acting Business (2006) by Jason Pugatch, p. 73; this statement has occurred with many different phrasings, including: "Learn the changes, then forget them."
As quoted in Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made It (1955) edited by by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, p. 379