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
With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump. — Louis Jordan 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
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band. — Andy Summers 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
My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time. — Suzy Bogguss 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
My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz. — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
The Big Band Era is my era. People say, 'Where did you get your style from?' I did the Big Band Era… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
We became a band that was kind of a big band, kind of a band that quite uncool people listen to, people… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
People always - when you rise, whenever you're getting to a point where you're a very big band, which is a very… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy. — Billy Sherwood 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
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
I enjoy playing with a big band occasionally, but it's too restricting; you really don't have a chance to stretch out and… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first trip was with my high school band and the second was a graduation gift to me and a few other… — Marion Meadows Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with… — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
We want to be original. To express our most interesting stuff. But you don't see the word "original" come up very often… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I love jazz. So to me, there are two main types of jazz. There's dancing jazz, and then there's listening jazz. Listening… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
It is a great pleasure to be performing with a big band. Those people took part in a group that played the… — Vlatko Stefanovski 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
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
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
“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
“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
“One of the sturdiest precepts of the study of human delusion is that every golden age is either past or in the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“WGHB started as a Clearwater, Florida radio station in 1925. By 1927, its call letters changed to WFLA and it moved to… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did. — Kathy Valentine 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 like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements. — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk. — John Lescroart Copy Share Image
![“[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And…” quote by Ray Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/ray-brown-34220_band_thelonious-monk-is-a-subject-in-itself-i_125504.jpg)
