Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
My favorite music is jazz, actually. It's what I listen to, it's what I was raised on, and it's what I prefer… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
My mother would take me to jazz concerts in the park and everybody was smoked out. She gave me the intro and… — Prefuse 73 Copy Share Image
I was a weird kid. I shouldve been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I dont know why… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back. — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
My genre of music is very eclectic. I might play some Latin jazz, or just go into a spontaneous jazz thing. That's… — Sheila E Copy Share Image
I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all. — Redfoo Copy Share Image
If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Jazz doesn't have much to do with how I write songs, but I am a big fan. My favorites are Oscar Peterson,… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s. — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
Marching onward, marching onward Marching to that lovely tune Marching onward, marching onward Happy as a bird in June Sliding onward, sliding… — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
I hope I'm doing my part in making jazz and classical music more accessible! — Laufey Copy Share Image
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
For me, I listened to a lot of female jazz artists. And of course, the Motown and Philly sounds, all that stuff… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the… — Elvin Jones Copy Share Image
I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sing in a jazz bar and to… — Zara Larsson Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, we put it down because we wanted to be jazz pickers. — Charlie Rich Copy Share Image
I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
The truth is hip hop has always complemented jazz and vice versa, but there's always been this communication barrier that exists based… — Thundercat Copy Share Image
