Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I… — Wagner Moura Copy Share Image
It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I came from being a singer going into jazz. And that's one of the things that polio did for me is it… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own. — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I think the key that differentiates the good actors from the mediocre ones that are still trying to come up, is that… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live. — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I came to Berklee to study guitar, I really wanted to be a jazz guitarist, and I really came because I really… — Juan Luis Guerra Copy Share Image
My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash. — Jonathan Anderson Copy Share Image
My father was a huge jazz fan, so I remember him playing Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Count Basie. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get… — Nicole Richie Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to grow up in an era when radio was less formatted. It was really special. You could hear… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
All the music you've ever heard in your life is somewhere in your head. I don't reject that, I use it. — Don Pullen Copy Share Image
If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two… — Coleman Hawkins Copy Share Image
In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
