"He's going to show them the way to truth and righteousness."

- Monty

Context: I don't remember exactly. I know he was talking about Mika and the Pacific Jazz Band.

"'Tis the season... for Jingle Jazz."

- Monty

Context: Said before performing Good King Wenceslas at the Rotary Club meeting.

Happy Holidays!

"And now you know why we are a band and not a choir."

- Monty

Context: He says this when the band tries to sing a song. Like when we sing to the bus drivers.

Alisha Wilcken: "I don't want to sound like a quitter, but is there a bass part for Molly On The Shore?"
Monty: "You sound like a quitter."

Context: Alisha plays Flute and Bass, and Bass is a lot easier with some songs.

Monty: "Mika is giving you all the musical equivalent to play-doh."
Mika: "No, I am giving them the musical equivalent to 5 dollars in the dollar store."

Context: Mika taught the Middle School students the major pentatonic scale.

"Let me get my magic trumpet machine."

- Monty

Context: Monty was telling us about when Matt Forbes had brought him Mariya's broken trumpet. This was sarcasm because he can't do anything for a destroyed trumpet.

"You always walk in with that look on your face. Like you are going to kill or hurt someone."

- Devin Shaw

Context: I walked in to jazz band one day and he said this to me.

"I have to find the perfect tempo."

- Monty

Context: In reference to the previously found "Perfect Tempo". He had been snapping his fingers for about 20 seconds while trying to find it.

"If I fall over and die in the middle of a performance, keep playing. 'Cause Cameron will do the cut off."

- Monty

Context: Monty was standing in the back playing with the trumpets and was made aware that there was nobody up front to cut off the band. So he assigned Cameron. 

"You're not gonna remember! That's why god gave us pencils!
I had two recording sessions over the weekend. You know what everyone had? Pencils."

- Monty

Context: Explaining the importance of pencils in band class.

"Just a reminder, no eating in here."

- Monty

Context: Said while eating a scone that was given to him by another teacher.

"If at first you don't succeed, give up."

- Monty

Context: We were going through exercises in a book, and he gave up on one after the first time we played it.

"This is what the lyrics boil down to;
Dear England,
Stick it."

- Monty

Context: One of the band books has an old chorale titled Chester. He explained the story behind the song and how the title had nothing to do with the lyrics, besides that Chester was a town in England.

D. Joseph: "Would you still love your kids if they weren't musical?"
Monty: "No."

Context: He was only joking, but it was still funny. I was talking to him about whether he wanted kids or not.

"How important is breathing? Well if you don't breathe, you die.
So if you sit like this* you are killing yourself."

- Monty

*He was sitting with bad posture.

Context: He was explaining how bad posture makes you not breathe good and why that is bad.

"It sounded like mallets were falling from the sky."

- Monty

Context: The percussionists weren't entirely together on a rhythm around the band.

"It's like you are a guy wandering down the street mumbling to himself. We want to hear a great public speaker."

- Monty

Context: Someone from jazz band should remind me the context for this. It was said today.

"I know that laugh. That's the 'what you just said is going on the blog' laugh."

- Monty

Context: When he says something funny I laugh and/or ask the people around me for a pencil.

Context: I pointed out to Monty that he put the wrong date for White Pep Band on his calendar. He told me that he corrected it.

D. Joseph: "I fixed all the White Band people."
Monty: "Yes, you fixed all the white people."

"Jim hates children! And Christmas!"

- Monty

Context: Jim didn't want to go to the tree lighting ceremony.

Context: The announcements play songs. Today was Mistletoe by Justin Bieber. Monty was grooving out to it and I pointed this out.

"I have a fever."

- Monty

"Only play the quarter notes and be deliberate, like you are using mild swear words. 'Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang...'"

- Monty

Context: He was telling a Pacific Jazz percussionist to play quarter notes on the beat.

"Waiting me for to say something?"

- Monty

Context: I sat down with a notebook after school while he was talking to some Clarinet players. I was hoping to catch him saying something awesome. He has great grammar.

"Trumpets, don’t be in love with your own sound."
- Monty

Context: The trumpets didn't cut off with the rest of the band.

"Lift it up so that the sound comes out, wraps around us, and slaps us in the face."

- Monty

Context: He was telling the french horns to lift up their bells.

Monty: "Nobody listens to me."
D. Joseph: "You know for a fact that isn't true. I have physical evidence that I listen to you."

Context: Monty was addressing the whole band and I disagreed. This blog and my list of quotes is the evidence.

"Analysis is paralysis. Just close your eyes and follow your heart."

- Monty

Context: John Watters was sight-reading a solo and Monty was encouraging him.