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Jazz Quotes
Im not a jazz singer. - Boz Scaggs Quotes
People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; Im not caught up in defining the type of music I play. - Roy Ayers Quotes
I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure Id buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful! - Tom Verlaine Quotes
Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didnt think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor. - Coleman Hawkins Quotes
Were having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? - Ken Burns Quotes
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, thats because thats where Im going to find inspiration. - Ben Harper Quotes
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish. - Charlie Haden Quotes
What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I dont think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact. - Sonny Rollins Quotes
I dont like freedom jazz - I think its void of roots and void of foundation. - George Shearing Quotes
You know, there are a lot of jazz players that arent as contemporary as these young pop players are; they havent kept up with it. - Chico Hamilton Quotes
The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time. - Billy Higgins Quotes
My music isnt anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rocknroll, and it has an urgency to it. - Neil Young Quotes
I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz. - Kareem Abdul Jabbar Quotes
Jazz is all about improvisation and its about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and youll never do it this way twice. Ive studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan. - Brian Mcknight Quotes
Its true Ive always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way. - Gerry Mulligan Quotes
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. - Bobby Mcferrin Quotes
My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe. - Lenny Kravitz Quotes
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldnt want your daughter to associate with. - Duke Ellington Quotes
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. - Norman Granz Quotes
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe theyll become a great musician. - Charlie Haden Quotes
There are a lot of jazz musicians, however, who do have to go to Europe and most of their work is in Europe. Thats not true for me. - Sonny Rollins Quotes
Jazz needs the help. Its the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isnt. - Billy Higgins Quotes
Jazz was uplifted by what I did. - Norman Granz Quotes
Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic. - Branford Marsalis Quotes
The lions share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the 60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. - Branford Marsalis Quotes
Its sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid. - Andy Partridge Quotes
Lately, Ive been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though! - Geezer Butler Quotes
What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. Im certainly not in this for the money, but Id really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff. - Jimmy Chamberlin Quotes
What is jazz? It, Its almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. Its a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America. - Branford Marsalis Quotes
You cant seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you cant seperate it. Because thats where it all started, and thats where it all come from - thats where I learned to keep rhythm - in church. - Art Blakey Quotes
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