He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have… — Dinah Shore Copy Share Image
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
There comes a time when you've toured a ton, and a time to be inspired again. Listen to awesome jazz records that… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
My audience went, 'Wait, why is she singing jazz? What's going on?' And then they went, 'Oh, because she can. Because she… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to… — Cannonball Adderley Copy Share Image
You don't show respect to Frank Sinatra and his great example by trying to sound exactly like him. You show it by… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different… — Caity Lotz Copy Share Image
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a… — Count Basie Copy Share Image
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Robert Altman made that movie Kansas City about the jazz scene in the city, and we saw that band all together, and… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
I like to hear the brass vibrate in the sound, not the reed. I like a dark sound, which is contrary to… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Within the context of Western music, jazz has always contained certain radical or revolutionary aspects. These are: improvisation, collective composition and individuality… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jazz Band, and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
We're the first technology-creating species. We use technology to extend our reach. We didn't stay in the caves, and we haven't stayed… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
My husband makes fun of me, because I know I can use strong prose to jazz-hand my way through plot that isn't… — Kelly Sue DeConnick Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away… — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I do a joke and it doesn't get a lot of laughs, it kind of feels like I'm doing jazz.… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I'm asked so many times why I think there aren't more female instrumentalists in jazz. But I never think about it. And… — Hiromi Uehara Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
But no one, when you stop to think, has ever equated abstract expressionism as a movement with jazz music. It's based on… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues,… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I really didn't know a lot of rock 'n' roll until I moved to L.A. Before that, when I was in New… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Shared leadership... is less like a an orchestra, where the conductor is always in charge, and more like a jazz band, where… — Phillip C. Schlechty Copy Share Image
Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the… — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul,… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and… — Little Simz Copy Share Image
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
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