Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Zawinul

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Austrian musician Joe Zawinul.

Last updated on October 6, 2024.

Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups Weather Report and The Zawinul Syndicate. He pioneered the use of electric piano and synthesizer, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of DownBeat magazine.

Austrian - Musician | July 7, 1932 - September 11, 2007

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But I end up with these bands who have players from literally all over the world.

Joe Zawinul

There is no luck; you've got to make your luck. You've got to always be prepared-without trying to.

Joe Zawinul

I am an improviser, ... I improvise music. Whatever you want to call it all, it is all improvised music. I may capture it and go back and write it down for others, but it was originally improvised.

Joe Zawinul

Music can't save the world, but can make one a little calmer.

Joe Zawinul

Music is not everything in life. If a young musician looks at it that way, then he can just play his instrument like putting a nail into a wall.

Joe Zawinul