I played the drums. I basically started off in drum line. So it was just straight percussion. Then I got into the… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
“When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
I'm a dancer, so I do four hours of dance a week of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary. I also play the… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
I think Theodore Adorno was profoundly ignorant. I think even Adorno's fans think he was bad at understanding popular music. He thought… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love… — Ella Purnell Copy Share Image
Being a hotbed of international travel, of course Panama's music is as diverse as its population. Throughout the '60s and '70s, it… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
You have to enjoy playing. The old-timers did, and that's one reason why their music is a lasting music. I feel that… — Barry Harris Copy Share Image
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . .… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not forlong,… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
There's nothing to be gained, and much to be lost, in trying to bend every child to match a one-size-fits-all notion of… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
