Jazz Quotes · Page 100

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

— Debra Wilson

I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and am a product of a family that were jazz aficionados and also very interested in…

— Jack Waters

I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think about doing some kind of…

— Kim Gordon

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

— Benny Green

It seems all worlds of music - rock, blues, R&B, soul, hip-hop and others - are able to point to impromptu get-togethers…

— Ashley Kahn

I have a huge record and cd collection of all kinds of great classical, jazz and all music but I find the…

— Aaron Zigman

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

— Roscoe Mitchell

My mum loves jazz, and together we listen to loads of Chet Baker back home.

— Sigrid

Sweets [Edison] can say more with one note than any other Jazz player alive... an approach that stresses simplicity, glorious tone, natural…

— Oscar Peterson

I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no -…

— Cecile McLorin Salvant

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson

Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music…

— Wynton Marsalis

If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the…

— Miles Davis

There's a wonderful tradition of jazz people getting on stage and jamming and finding some feeling for music with audiences who may…

— Al Jarreau

the grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy.

— Charles Bukowski

I think jazz is a bit gatekept. Personally, I think that everyone has space in them to enjoy jazz and jazz-adjacent music.…

— Laufey

Intermittently in my concert format, I sing a little jazz, a little scatting.

— Aretha Franklin

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the…

— Buddy Rich

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.

— Alexis Korner

I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.

— Artie Shaw

I'm trying to make music a sensual expression, not an academic experiment.

— Andrew Hill

I never started out as an R&B singer. I grew up on all types of music - jazz, rock, pop, country, folk…

— Fantasia Barrino

Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

— Wynton Marsalis

I was raised on jazz. My father, from the time I was born, used to get up early on Saturdays and Sundays…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

In essence, I feel I'm more jazz guitar player because I write vehicles geared for improvisation.

— Allan Holdsworth