I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself. — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't differentiate between country, rock, blues, jazz, it doesn't mean anything to me. — Everlast Copy Share Image
Whenever my dad wasn't practicing, he was listening to music. He had an amazing jazz collection, and my mom had stuff like… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I've never aspired to make 'jazz music,' I simply aspired to make music that was in a word, self-soothing and relevant to… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
“The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I went to jazz school. Not to say I'm a great jazz musician, but I studied under some great teachers. It was… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Jazz doesn't have much to do with how I write songs, but I am a big fan. My favorites are Oscar Peterson,… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
When I sang that song, I felt it was almost as if some force had moved into my body. Things like that… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out… — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
'Jazz Artist of the Century' would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and… — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
A respectable-sized audience hasn't really been able to follow developments in jazz since the free jazz movement in the '60s. Some of… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to… — Pep Guardiola Copy Share Image
“Welcome to Book-a-holic Anonymous. Hi, I'm Jazz and I am addicted to the written word. I love the smell of the blackest… — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
I kept on buying records and listening to them. Finally, I was able to hear the relationship between the jazz improvisers' solos… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two… — Coleman Hawkins Copy Share Image
When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved. — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
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