About Horace Silver: Horace Silver is known for his distinctive playing style and pioneering compositional contributions to hard bop.
I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.
Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.
I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.
I'm shooting for longevity. The road is hard on your body.
I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole lot of notes, which may or may not say something . . . But why make it complicated for the music...
