Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
“In your lifetime, if you can come up with one original idea, you have accomplished a great deal.” — Max Roach Copy Share Image
My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
