Smokin' at the Half Note is ...

Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.
 Pat Metheny

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I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!
 Pat Metheny
I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted
 Pat Metheny
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
 Pat Metheny
I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.
 Pat Metheny