As musicians, we have one of the greatest tools of bringing people together in music. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Music doesn't come out of you, it comes through you. You are almost like a messenger. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I'm trying to just keep pushing on the things I've been wanting to do in my life and in music. And think… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
When you're making music, you're creeping up on your heart and pouring it out into something. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Music is an expression of life, who you are, and what you've been through. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
There's this notion that music has to be confined to some small, simple place to be popular, something I never believed. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I grew up with a sense of music being a very spiritual experience while playing in church and with parents who were… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Whenever my dad wasn't practicing, he was listening to music. He had an amazing jazz collection, and my mom had stuff like… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Jazz is an interesting music. It's one of the few forms of music where everyone that's performing the music has a creative… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
All forms are complex once you get to a really high level, and jazz and hip-hop are so connected. In hip-hop, you… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Even the greatest musicians, they only represent themselves. You represent who you are and what your experiences are and what you have… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Becoming a musician is a strange thing. It's not all cupcakes and ice cream. You're trying to master an instrument, and you… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
West Coast hip hop was the sound of my neighbourhood. It was something I could relate to because it had a sound… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
L.A. is a big city that has a lot of music in it but is not necessarily known for it. A lot… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
There's a whole stereotype of the jazz musician that's into poetry and reading and metaphysics and all that stuff. Really, it's a… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
People need to realize that even the greatest jazz musicians, when they listen to jazz, they're not like, analyzing it and deconstructing… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
In general, in my life, one of the coolest things that I've been able to do is to go to different places… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'To Pimp A Butterfly' and 'DAMN.,' I'm really making music for Kendrick. It's a different mindset than… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
You have to dig deep to make great music, and it gets harder and harder. It's a difficult, painful process to reach… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Every time you learn a new language, your understanding of language overall grows, so every time I would learn new music, my… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Music is an expression of who you are, and - at least in that sense - I think I epitomize Black Lives… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
We've now got a whole generation of jazz musicians who have been brought up with hip-hop. We've grown up alongside rappers and… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
American music comes from the same tree, but sometimes we get to these places in history where we forget where things come… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the… — Kamasi Washington 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
I think L.A. has one of the most innovative and forward-thinking jazz scenes in the world. New York definitely has the volume… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Music is this medium to express who I am and what I've been through and my thoughts and what my feelings on… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
My hope is that witnessing the beautiful harmony created by merging different musical melodies will help people realize the beauty in our… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
People like to compartmentalise music, especially African-American music, but it's really one thing. One very wide thing. I mean, it's like all… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
My dad was a professional musician; my mom played, too, but just for fun. All my siblings played. The house was full… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
We learned at a young age, with our dad, that even if you weren't doing something, you had to look like you… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
In the '80s, a lot of kids, if you were kind of bright, you got bussed to schools out of your community.… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Los Angeles has always been overlooked as far as jazz, and just high-level music in general. But, like, my dad's a musician,… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Every day we're here is an opportunity to do what we can to make the world right, to help someone close or far from… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the first day,… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
It's either, like, 'Your album was the first jazz album I listened to,' or, like, 'My friend took me to this show, and I've… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
This precious thing of empathy and love and understanding is something we have to hold and appreciate and protect. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
We learned at a young age, with our dad, that even if you weren't doing something, you had to look like you were, or… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
West Coast hip hop was the sound of my neighbourhood. It was something I could relate to because it had a sound that felt… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But I think… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
In the '80s, a lot of kids, if you were kind of bright, you got bussed to schools out of your community. So you… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
At a certain point, when there's a barrier between you and what's right, eventually you have to decide you're not going to allow yourself… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
I started playing drums at three, then piano at five, then clarinet. But it wasn't till I picked up a saxophone aged 13 that… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
You have to dig deep to make great music, and it gets harder and harder. It's a difficult, painful process to reach deep in… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
Fela Kuti blew my mind. His playing is very unorthodox, but I learned how to appreciate that. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share
