Messengers Quotes

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message.

Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.

I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.

He would catapult you forward, and that was his intention with the Jazz Messengers. He would take young people with a potential and help them develop a voice as a player and as a writer.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen.