I think my intention was there, and my love for the music was apparent. And there are very few singers who get… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops… — Count Basie Copy Share Image
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I joined Count Basie's band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn't see anything… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that… — Doris Day Copy Share Image
We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I tell my students, 'It's an important tradition and you have to go back and hear this music and learn its language… — Jackie McLean Copy Share Image
I'd love to see a Nirvana biopic. I loved them when I was younger. I really like jazz music, so I'd like… — Antonia Thomas Copy Share Image
In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk,… — Manfred Mann Copy Share Image
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it;… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I used to go to a jazz club. The owner of the club became my first business manager.… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
We listen to a lot of classical and a lot of jazz, and so you get some funky notes here and there.… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I do subscribe to the maxim that generally comedy is like jazz. Either you get it or you don't. You can't learn… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Dance music-as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Up to the age of 14 I had not heard a note of anything before 1750, never heard a note of Bach,… — Steve Reich Copy Share Image
So our ears got used to listening to jazz in the place that it was that the bass player could not play.… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music,… — Dave Koz Copy Share Image
In any event, I'm proud to wear the badge of jazz vocalist if that's what people want to call me; but at… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father.… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
I was three or four, and my mother would have a Bing Crosby record playing through the house. It was my introduction… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
“Yet I’ve noticed the same thing when your band plays — the most amazing social coherence, as if you all shared the… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
People recommended that I didn't sing at the school as a jazz major. So I sang and produced on my own time,… — Dennis Lloyd Copy Share Image
I think Theodore Adorno was profoundly ignorant. I think even Adorno's fans think he was bad at understanding popular music. He thought… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
"Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
Selflessness is like waiting in a hospital In a badly-fitting suit on a cold wet morning. Selfishness is like listening to good… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
![“[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.” quote by Billy Crystal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c71/billy-crystal-6588_courses_i-did-impressions-of-relatives-because-i_2900630.jpg)
![“[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones and he played for many years with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge and actually got me on a gig with Roy Eldridge when I was 20 that I'll never forget.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6c5/jon-gordon-1655_drummer_eddie-locke-had-a-huge-impact-in-my-life_3109910.jpg)
