I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
“Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both.” — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends. — Cathy Freeman Copy Share Image
Dance music-as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and… — Harry J. Anslinger Copy Share Image
I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I've been listening to a lot of looped jazz stuff: Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius. — Calum Hood Copy Share Image
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play… — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W.… — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had… — Flea Copy Share Image
Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo. — Hoagy Carmichael Copy Share Image
First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
