I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that we are master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
“In your lifetime, if you can come up with one original idea, you have accomplished a great deal.” — Max Roach Copy Share Image
My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
