I was in band all the way through high school, and I…

We played, jazz, blues, dixie, and it all came from the church. When I went to church, I would see the sisters and brothers…

— Scatman Crothers

I did 'I'd Do Anything,' and then a play and then 'A Little Light Music.' I played jazz in a night club where nobody…

— Jessie Buckley

I got into playing the jazz. I played jazz for a good while. I did the popular stuff first. You got the "Twelfth Street…

— Papa John Creach

Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge.

— Jelly Roll Morton

When my father saw that I was interested in following such a career he had many reservations. His feeling was that there was no…

— Julian Bream

All my life I've played 4/4, 2/4. Jazz has a different time signature. It's a lot harder. It's interesting.

— Marky Ramone

I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem.

— Amanda Seales

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

— Norah Jones

See, in the rock bands and stuff I was in, I'd always been a fairly animated performer, but when I played jazz, I wasn't…

— Jamie Cullum

Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and…

— Wynton Marsalis

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

— Travis Barker

I was pretty much prepared because I was already playing in extremely good ways when I arrived from Europe because I played jazz four…

— Miroslav Vitous

I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to…

— Jesse Andrews

I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.

— Mickey Rourke

My first school play was 'Perkin and the Pastry Cook' that my primary school put on, and I played a boy, and it was…

— Anya Taylor-Joy