Jazz Quotes by Dizzy Gillespie

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

— Dizzy Gillespie

How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to…

— Dizzy Gillespie

They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

— Dizzy Gillespie

I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

— Dizzy Gillespie

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away…

— Dizzy Gillespie

I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

— Dizzy Gillespie