Jazz Quotes · Page 115

I figured, if someone wants to do classical music, or blues, or jazz, they move to an area where that's popular, and…

— Jimmie Allen

While a lot of hip-hop was inspired by jazz or James Brown samples and was made to be played live in the…

— Rza

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; ...

— Charles Mingus

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed…

— Sonny Rollins

I really thought I was gonna have a straight gig. But these jazz musicians put their arms around me time and again…

— Kurt Elling

Never lose the groove to find a note.

— Victor Wooten

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and…

— Sonny Rollins

You know, another jazz drummer, Ed Thigpen, who played with Oscar Peterson way back - it was the first time I ever…

— John Densmore

[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones…

— Jon Gordon

You know that this vignette and that vignette belong side by side, you know that a certain turn of phrase you've been…

— Teju Cole

As I've gotten older, my love for jazz has increased.

— Lauren Daigle

My music is jazz.

— Yusef Lateef

I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction.

— Jon Gordon

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

— Pat Metheny

I don't ever consciously change gears when I play jazz or classical. It's all music.

— Andre Previn

“I remember once I asked Wayne for the time," Miller told Mercer. "He started talking to me about the cosmos and how…

— Ben Ratliff

If you're an impressionistic painter and you want to paint expressionism, you've got to change. You've got to figure out a way…

— Tobin Bell

I gravitate to rhythmic music, so I listen to jazz, world music, Indian music, Hawaiian music, all kinds.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it…

— Miles Davis

We played, jazz, blues, dixie, and it all came from the church. When I went to church, I would see the sisters…

— Scatman Crothers

I am a big music guy. Hip-hop, R&B, old school, jazz.

— Chauncey Billups

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet…

— Randy Bachman

When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and…

— Darren Criss

Oh, I was a real Nirvana kid. I got into jazz because I listened to a lot of metal, Megadeth and that,…

— Jamie Cullum

I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.

— Kenny G