Courtney Pine Quotes

“Everything I’ve done before has been easy to guess at. Okay, he’s black, he’s into reggae, he’s into ska, he’s into hiphop. But this one. It seriously goes into some other areas.”
Courtney Pine

“Most of the titles, most of the tunes, refer to resistance in one form or another. Because resistance means a lot of different things.... For me, just playing jazz, in the early days, was an act of resistance...”
Courtney Pine

“I believe in letting the musicians decide what is and what isn’t jazz. And for me, not to open my heart and play everything that is in my head or reflects my experiences, is just wrong.”
Courtney Pine