My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is mostly what I listen to, other than jazz. I've given up on pop music and indie rock. — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't. — Gary Bartz Copy Share Image
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already know my music. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
The whole thing you're taught in jazz is the spontaneity of it. That's what I really love about jazz. — Stan Getz 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
I like jazz, and Martin Taylor and his band have it all, including a wonderful saxophonist and very fine accordionist, so you… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz… — Luke James Copy Share Image
Yes, there's a relaying of internal states that only a novel can achieve. In my view, the novel is one of Europe's… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I love swing, jazz, blues, standards. I love the American songbook, Gershwin, Berlin. It's all that. So I'm born in the wrong… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
There's a lot of female singers and I don't want to dismiss them, but the male - and I have to be… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I love jazz. I still do. Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz are so good. I took a notification course in Jazz Orchestration.… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
“There was no control except the " mood of his power... and it is for this reason it is good you never… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I like to shoot beautiful things. My two previous movies were one in the '60s, the other one in the '50s, and… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances. — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
