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
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
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
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
It really does help everyone when there are some big bands leading the charge. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
In my day, when I was a young kid, army duty was compulsory in South Africa or you go to jail. I… — Trevor Rabin 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
My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time. — Suzy Bogguss 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
My dad conducted the Disneyland band since I was born, and I was around big band music a lot. — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
You don't accidentally turn into a big band. Not even Nirvana accidentally turned into a big band. They toured - they wanted… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like… — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers… — Diana Krall 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
When I first set up my big band, I only had Gilson Lavis, the drummer from Squeeze, with me. He was the… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while… — John Patitucci Copy Share Image
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
A few Disney TV composers had me pinch-hit writing some scoring cues to picture. Disney tapped me to be the composer for… — Danny Jacob 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
When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band,… — Illinois Jacquet 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
