I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait… — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get… — Nicole Richie Copy Share Image
Jazz was a bomb. That was also the low point of Mac sales. People had just written it off. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality. — Glenn Miller Copy Share Image
There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument. — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
“Music was my therapy, and after a few songs, I always felt stronger. It was crazy how jazz fixed the broken pieces… — Brittainy C. Cherry Copy Share Image
People ask me to describe how I play, and the most obvious answer is that I'm a jazz influenced guitar player. But… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni,… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so… — Tinashe Copy Share Image
I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
Early on I was more interested in gypsy jazz music until rock and roll came around and I listened to a lot… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
There's a whole stereotype of the jazz musician that's into poetry and reading and metaphysics and all that stuff. Really, it's a… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I… — Jackie McLean Copy Share Image
“Those who have not lived in New Orleans have missed an incredible, glorious, vital city--a place with an energy unlike anywhere else… — Jordan Flaherty Copy Share Image
There are so many parts of music that it's actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
[On John Tunnard:] One day a marvelous man in a highly elaborate tweed coat walked into the gallery. He looked a little… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
![“[On John Tunnard:] One day a marvelous man in a highly elaborate tweed coat walked into the gallery. He looked a little like Groucho Marx. He was as animated as a jazz-band leader, which he turned out to be. He showed us his gouaches, which were as musical as Kandinsky's, as delicate as Klee's…” quote by Peggy Guggenheim](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/525/peggy-guggenheim-27198_animated_on-john-tunnard-one-day-a-marvelous-man_158228.png)
