It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm modest so much as I'm realistic. I know what I can do and what I can't do. I… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I'm playing jazz throughout the song 'Black Sabbath.' That's what it is there. I mean, I'm moving some other things around, but… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record. — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
I started as a jazz musician, not a singer, then I became a rock 'n' roll artist with Aphrodite's Child. — Demis Roussos Copy Share Image
I've had experiences where people say, 'I hated jazz before I heard you guys!"I'm like, 'You didn't hate jazz before you heard… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n' roll - that was music to me. Everything else was boring. — Lemmy Copy Share Image
I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music as if for the first time, as if I had never heard… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock… — The Edge Copy Share Image
I was a kid living in New Jersey, who - I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where… — Doc Severinsen Copy Share Image
So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
Purple - I mean, the music and the influence and the subliminal touches range from orchestral conversation to jazz to blues and… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life. — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
