Cinema Quotes by Jan Hammer

I'm so far removed from live playing any more.

— Jan Hammer

It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the…

— Jan Hammer

The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.

— Jan Hammer

Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.

— Jan Hammer

I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.

— Jan Hammer

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that’s the only way you can create music. If you don’t feel any emotions, like…

— Jan Hammer

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band,…

— Jan Hammer

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

— Jan Hammer

You never know what you find once you really get going.

— Jan Hammer

Everything from now on will be done online - physical music media like the CD are dead in the water.

— Jan Hammer

I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.

— Jan Hammer