I've been listening to a lot of looped jazz stuff: Herbie…

“He believes that this man has looped a bit of the thread-leash through a corner of his soul.”

— Diana Abu-Jaber

I don't know any jazz stuff. I don't know how to jam in that way. So jamming, for me, is writing a tune.

— Ryan Adams

I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of music all…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot of classical…

— Alison Sudol

It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.

— Ennio Morricone

I got on a bit of a rollercoaster looking into how Herbie Hancock used to make his tunes, and I remember a picture of…

— Jonas Blue

My dad listened to a load of jazz - Mahavishnu, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock.

— Julian Barratt

I've been listening to Herbie Hancock forever. He's gone through so many transitions, even before bringing hip-hop to the forefront with 'Rockit' and everything.

— DJ Premier

If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have…

— Phil Collins

I think people have learned that Herbie Hancock can be defined as someone that you won't be able to figure out what he's going…

— Herbie Hancock

Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.

— Stefon Harris

If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me…

— Pat Metheny

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

— Charlie Trotter

Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world.

— John McLaughlin

I know there'll be comparisons, but I consider it an honor to be compared to Audrey Hepburn. She's a legend.

— Catherine Oxenberg