I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
Oscar Peterson

I have no one style.
Oscar Peterson

I play as I feel.
Oscar Peterson

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
Oscar Peterson

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
Oscar Peterson

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
Oscar Peterson

The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
Oscar Peterson

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
Oscar Peterson