My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city. — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion. — Slash Copy Share Image
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being. — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz. — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all. — Redfoo Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Flights are a good way to catch up on podcasts, but I'll listen to some jazz to fall asleep. — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a… — Laufey Copy Share Image
The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W.… — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
As Eric Dolphy said 'Once you play the music, it's in the air. It's gone'. And that's true. But when you record… — John Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Girls liking bad boys is the cookie jar complex. When somebody tells you you can't have a cookie, you want a cookie.… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
When I began, poetry was very academic. You published little pamphlets from fancy presses. It was rather... chaste. There wasn't much public… — John Fuller Copy Share Image
People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I've always explored things that people find a bit more freakish, like free jazz, and I'd gotten to a point where the… — Kieran Hebden Copy Share Image
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Do not enjoy yourself. Enjoy dances and theaters and joy-rides and champagne and oysters; enjoy jazz and cocktails and night-clubs if you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass.… — Matt Snell 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
People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person. They're more interested in the music. [Charlie Parker] was playing… — Helen Merrill Copy Share Image
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