Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen… — Dick Dale 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
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
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
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
With a smaller setting, you have a lot more freedom and flexibility within a given moment, but not necessarily the velocity you… — Kurt Elling 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
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock… — Moira Kelly Copy Share Image
When 'American Slang' came out, everyone was like, 'This is the next big band in the world, and this is blah blah… — Brian Fallon 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 think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
The age of the rock star was coterminous with rock n' roll, which, in spite of all the promises made in some… — David Hepworth 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
I started out playing big bands shows and different things. I was with several different small bands and groups, doing comedy and… — Hal Blaine Copy Share Image
Bacharach has such a brilliant ear for melody and his music has a completely timeless feel to it; I thought it would… — Michael Ball 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 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
“The creation myths of the various peoples and religions of the world pale when compared to the glory of the big band.… — Cixin Liu Copy Share Image
I was actually going to work at Tokyo Disney. I thought, 'I'll work in the family!' That was my postgraduate plan. I… — Sasheer Zamata Copy Share Image
My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with… — Toni Tennille 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
My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing… — Robbie Robertson 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
As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra… — Bill Ward 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 of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
I really love Dinah Washington and anything live from her - she had some of the greatest jazz musicians in the whole… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
You don't get anything easy when you come from a big band and you go and start another one. You learn real… — Vinnie Paul 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,… — John Tesh 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
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
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
I know it might be surprising to some, but anyone who knows me - especially those who shared a changing room with… — Chris Kamara 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
When The Murderdolls started it was a really cool thing, especially for me because I had never done anything on that scale… — Wednesday 13 Copy Share Image
My parents were into 40s big band stuff, and my father was a great dancer to that kind of thing. But rock… — Mark Alan Stamaty Copy Share Image
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
When I did the album for 'When Harry Met Sally,' I found myself out there in front of this big band, which… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
