George Russell Quotes & Sayings

Whenever I heard a musician do something that I could not explain, I went back to the theory in order to figure it out. — George Russell

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence. — George Russell

If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable. — George Russell

Education has a larger function than the mere communication of knowledge. — George Russell

We become what we habitually contemplate — George Russell

On the other side of every mountain was another mountain. — George Russell

I believe that most of what was said of God was in reality said of that Spirit whose body is Earth. — George Russell