Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a…

“I had to spend my entire childhood in the Altensam dungeon like an inmate doing time for no comprehensible reason, for a crime he…

— Thomas Bernhard

Traveling is also a big inspiration for me.

— Donavon Frankenreiter

As a wrestler in the world, traveling is a big part of it.

— Marty Scurll

I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements.

— Scott Bakula

“Invited to think of the futuristic, we will still come up with something like the music of Kraftwerk, even though this is now as…

— Mark Fisher

When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head…

— John Scofield

Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were…

— Brian Setzer

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band…

— Bobby McFerrin

I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band.

— Kurt Elling

[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band,…

— Ray Brown

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

— Billy Sherwood

“GOD. Sometimes I think there might be a god out there, and that every once in a while he tunes in to see what…

— Suzanne Morrison

My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers,…

— Chuck Mangione

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew…

— John Tesh