In the States, this type of jam-band phenomena has opened it up for groups to improvise, admittedly more in the groove area,… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I may be prejudiced, but I believe that jazz music has the strongest healing potential, and it's not just because I play… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of turning jazz into homework assignments. I would never have a quiz saying, "Who's the clarinetist on the… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
Beyond that, it gets down to the nuts and bolts of discipline - not a tradition or genre, I don't care about… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
It's imperative that I have another channel to pour ideas into, that have been with me for quite a while, that it… — Terence Trent D'Arby Copy Share Image
I listen to all types of music. I listen to a lot of hip hop, but I also listen to pop and… — Tobias Harris Copy Share Image
I heard a lot of different kinds of music. I heard country music, I heard jazz, I heard symphonic music, opera, everything… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different… — Caity Lotz Copy Share Image
In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off… — Chet Baker Copy Share Image
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own. — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
People want to have access to jazz because it has a vibe that's very strong. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
When I was a young teenager, it was all about The Clash for me and that sort of English punk stuff. Then… — Greg Kurstin Copy Share Image
Without people like Dylan and the Beatles and people like Paul Simon, I think rock n' roll would have died out like… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
D.C. is a great place. The music, jazz, has always been great here, the restaurants have always been fantastic here. And there's… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
Sam Phillips always encouraged me to do it my way, to use whatever other influences I wanted, but never to copy...if there… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
“There is a stillness between us, a period of restlessness that ties my stomach in a hangman’s noose. It is this same… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
