One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly. — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way. — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. — Maynard Ferguson Copy Share Image
My goal is to bring jazz and classical music to my generation through a more accessible road. — Laufey Copy Share Image
You have to enjoy playing. The old-timers did, and that's one reason why their music is a lasting music. I feel that… — Barry Harris Copy Share Image
You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of music when I have my free time. But I'll go to a jazz club and… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in.… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Playing solo with an audience for an hour and 30 minutes without a break means I have to, as the jazz cats… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It's the old-school jazz mentality that I connect with the most. I dig the idea of the seeker, the guy who's always… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
I have a theory that musicians recognize each other and if they are destined to collaborate together they will. Mainly, they recognize… — Vlatko Stefanovski Copy Share Image
I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
Gansey appeared beside Blue in the doorway. He shook his empty bottle at her. "Fair trade," he told her in a way… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people:… — Katie Noonan Copy Share Image
I read some older books when I worked at Barnes And Noble, like some of the American classics. I read a lot… — Bert Kreischer Copy Share Image
Why a musician loves playing jazz or classical music or what makes them happy, and why an artist likes to paint -… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better. — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
