As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a… — DJ Jazzy Jeff Copy Share Image
I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
But sometimes that title 'jazz' can vex people who think they know exactly what jazz always is and will be. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night! — Count Basie Copy Share Image
Whoever invented smooth jazz, man, I wanna kill 'em: You're turning an art form into a hooker. — Phil Woods Copy Share Image
[Goodman] became famous (or notorious) for staring at a player he didn't like. It was called 'the ray' by his men. — Teddy Wilson Copy Share Image
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I grew up with music in the house. I was told I could sing as soon as I started talking. Everybody in… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you're swept… — Bobby Hutcherson Copy Share Image
I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, you listened to a certain genre. Now it's like, "I love indie rock, I love hip-hop, jazz,… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists - the kids can't come. If they do, then they spend their entire… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
A lot of young people want to become jazz singers, but there are not more jam sessions like there used to be.… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I don't know that many chords. I'd be loaded if I knew that many. But that's not my aim. My aim is… — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
I've grown up with jazz - the Joe Hendersons, Oliver Nelsons, Miles Davis and stuff - but I was also listening to,… — Thundercat Copy Share Image
Kansas City, I would say, did more for jazz music, black music, than any other influence at all. Almost all their joints… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
While a lot of hip-hop was inspired by jazz or James Brown samples and was made to be played live in the… — Rza Copy Share Image
There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street… — Garth Hudson Copy Share Image
The job of the jazz people is to take it as far as it will go and that's what they're doing. But… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
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