I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
He didn't say nothing. He would just do things. He never said nothing or explained nothing. He just would do it and… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
Many of the jazz musicians whom are no longer here. You don't realize that it's history when it is happening and then… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
Kansas City Lightning succeeds as few biographies of jazz musicians have. . . This book is a magnificent achievement; I could hardly… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Next to jazz music, there is nothing that lifts the spirit and strengthens the soul more than a good bowl of chili. — Harry James Copy Share Image
People think jazz music is all standards and the Great American Songbook. But it's really about the sensibility, the feel you bring… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
One very important thing I learned from Monk was his complete dedication to music. That was his reason for being alive. Nothing… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
As for what I look for, I don't know any other way to put it, but I look for truth, and honesty,… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
I read an interview with a Japanese freestyle jazz musician once, and he said something like, "Everything I'm going to tell you… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent… — Pete La Roca Copy Share Image
I find that in California I can't find guys that have enough energy. They play a little bit and that's about it.… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what… — Clark Terry Copy Share Image
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational.… — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music, man - it's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat. — Rakim Copy Share Image
Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician. — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Many an American jazz musician has been beguiled by the lush melodies and sumptuous rhythms of Brazilian music, but Peter Sprague has… — Andrew S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do. — Billy Higgins Copy Share Image
My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum,… — Ahmad Jamal Copy Share Image
These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
[My] style evolved, not changed, but I think evolved as I grew and matured. I don't think there was any kind of… — Kenny Burrell Copy Share Image
Everything-everything-was communicated through the sound of the music. There were no other signals of any kind ever-no count-offs, head nods, spoken instructions...nothing. — Chuck Israels Copy Share Image
I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated! — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance -… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
The music I like best is kind of frozen in my mind from the Sixties and Seventies. I still listen to the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
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