A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I feel like everybody's life literally has a soundtrack because we love music so much, and there are so many songs that… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Around 2009, my audience started getting a lot more mainstream - younger people, R&B and hip-hop fans mixed in with the jazz… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Once I started getting mainstream people to my shows, I realized we were taking too many solos, and they were too long.… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
People don't know that the very reason the police were made was to oversee slaves; they would be called overseers, and if… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I've heard some people say that I'm selling out, but I'm not. If I hadn't done 'Black Radio', and just kept on… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.'… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I think we're an inspiration to young people, to know they can be honest and not run away from influences that are… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the jazz community are looking at how much notoriety we're getting. And we're an inspiration to a… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or "what you're doing isn't jazz," are just… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
For the most part, 99 percent of jazz is boring; you've heard it before. People aren't doing anything creative that's extremely modern.… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
It's funny, now that we have Twitter and Facebook and stuff, you can really see how you affect fans. Before all that,… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Jazz stopped being creative in the early '80s. After your acoustic era, where you had the likes of the Miles Davis Quintet,… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
If you got every single artist in the world in one room, and you put Miles on one side and Prince on… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I do feel a responsibility because most people like me that are my age or younger, they don't quite make it over… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I always tell people that, just to be a bad jazz musician, you have to be better than most musicians. The worst… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give it the… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz. — Robert Glasper Copy Share
I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? — Robert Glasper Copy Share
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and other times… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
I feel like, paying homage to an artist, it's better to do something that's inspired by them - a new work that's inspired by… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them. — Robert Glasper Copy Share
I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce. — Robert Glasper Copy Share
Sometimes I'll write a song first and then I'm like, "Oh this person will be great on this song." But there are some artists… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres. — Robert Glasper Copy Share
For a while, R&B was going out of style. It was kind of getting kicked to the side. The first year the R&B Album… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12. — Robert Glasper Copy Share
None of the jazz greats made music for the purpose of you going to check out music before them. Michael Jackson didn't make music… — Robert Glasper Copy Share
