For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only…

The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.

— Norman Granz

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be…

— Sonny Rollins

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of…

— Ken Burns

I do have my more concept-y albums, and then I have the ones that are more about just collections of songs. For me, the…

— David Longstreth

Some of my favorite records growing up were Christmas albums. The ones I liked best were the albums that you could listen to from…

— Chris Young

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

— Norman Granz

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection…

— Jason Mraz

This is positively not an album to play while you do a doctorate thesis on "Bergson, Webern and Charles the Vicious, Paradox or Ambiguity?"

— Bob Brookmeyer

I did an instrumental jazz album. That was my first album.

— Tom Curren

When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to…

— Tom Jones

The "Highway 61" album [of Bob Dylan] was produced by Bob Johnston if I'm not incorrect. And Bob Johnston was an entirely different producer…

— Al Kooper

The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.

— Marc Almond

It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it.…

— John Dyer Baizley

It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with…

— Avril Lavigne

Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing.

— John Mayall