I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum,… — Ahmad Jamal Copy Share Image
I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
It's much easier for me to say that, the kind of music I didn't listen to was pretty much that. I mean… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The one thing that I've learned is that people don't change. Each new generation has the same stuff that the last one… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I like jazz, and Martin Taylor and his band have it all, including a wonderful saxophonist and very fine accordionist, so you… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They… — Henry Threadgill Copy Share Image
If there had never been the Great Migration there would never have been jazz, there would never have been Michelle Obama. A… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke. — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an… — Edgar Meyer Copy Share Image
I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops… — Count Basie Copy Share Image
Player for player, there’s no better working band in jazz than The Cookers. — Andy Gilbert Copy Share Image
I wrote my first two long novels and an anthology of short narratives, when I was a manager of my own jazz… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated! — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
[Miles Davis] learned from everyone. He was incredible. He took the best from everyone and threw away the rest. He was brilliant.… — Helen Merrill Copy Share Image
I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
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