Jazz Quote by Abdullah Ibrahim Download Open image “I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.” — Abdullah Ibrahim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Jazz music Jazz musician Medicine Medicine Man Men Music Musician Musician Medicine Think Jazz Thinking
I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art. — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way.… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist. — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist. — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's likeable, someone… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man — Abdullah Ibrahim Copy Share Image
People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were… — Abdullah Ibrahim Copy Share Image
When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and… — Abdullah Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads. — Abdullah Ibrahim Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
