My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time. — Suzy Bogguss Copy Share Image
I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
We want to be big... we want to be a big band, but we don't want to be your best friends. — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
It really does help everyone when there are some big bands leading the charge. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo. — Hoagy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
“Music on the radio. When I went in, the big bands were just getting up a good head of steam. Now every… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
It is very important to me that my songs can sound amazing with a big band or orchestra, but just as powerful… — Tessanne Chin Copy Share Image
Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
A lot of the music is the kind of thing I grew up with, listening to it with my parents. So there… — Frances Ruffelle Copy Share Image
From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I taught myself to play guitar and sing. I ended up writing a lot of music and had a band and was… — Daniel Lissing Copy Share Image
“we flew to England again to play the outdoor Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. This was the kind of thing… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
When do you suppose the electric guitar was invented? If you thought the 1950s, you'd be wrong. If you can muster a… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
“GOD. Sometimes I think there might be a god out there, and that every once in a while he tunes in to… — Suzanne Morrison Copy Share Image
“When I was little, I listened to radio serials, read comic books and went to 'B' movies. When I got a little… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music… — Billy Taylor Copy Share Image
“It was to be the longest flight I had ever made in my young life and one of the most interesting. Having… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
My dad conducted the Disneyland band since I was born, and I was around big band music a lot. — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements. — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense. — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used… — Jay McShann Copy Share Image
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the… — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
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… — Doc Severinsen Copy Share Image
