“I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneou...” — Pat Metheny Quote

I used to love going and playing jam sessions, doing things spontaneously. I can't do that anymore. Everything you do is documented, nothing is casual anymore.

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.

There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.

Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.

I'm a casual F1 racing fan. I'm probably more of a stock car, NASCAR guy.

One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven.

Casual drug users should be taken out and shot.

I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.