I learned all about big band arrangement and symphony…

I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band sounds of…

— Jose Feliciano

I learned some big lessons on my first film, a horror film which was never released in the U.S., even though we sold it…

— Jonathan Levine

I learned there's a big difference between juniors and the pros.

— Maria Sharapova

As a boss, as a CEO, as a creative director, as a chef, I've learned that failure will always come. I've learned to give…

— Christina Tosi

Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with…

— Doc Severinsen

Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides…

— Billy Taylor

I got to compose for a full symphony orchestra.

— Jack Conte

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

— Kurt Elling

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

[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