Respect your own creativity and respect the creativity and creative space of other people. — Danny Barker Copy Share Image
I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it… — Gene Lees Copy Share Image
None of the jazz greats made music for the purpose of you going to check out music before them. Michael Jackson didn't… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
It's impossible for me to feel like there's only one way to do a thing. There's nothing wrong with having one way… — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz. — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
Dave's playing and repertoire evokes memories of the golden era of Modern Jazz, and in addition to being a nice guy he… — Chris Cortez Copy Share Image
Understanding is the least important thing when it comes to digging jazzbecause, like anything else, jazz is a form of entertainment. It… — Cannonball Adderley Copy Share Image
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
“How to heal Read Books Listen to Jazz Ride Motorbikes Get Tattooed” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
“They had a table near the rail round the huge floor. Bond was spellbound. He found many of the girls very beautiful.… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
It was the early days of Rock 'n' Roll in this country. We were all struggling to learn music, it might be… — Jim Sullivan Copy Share Image
I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to… — Pep Guardiola Copy Share Image
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin Copy Share Image
