I read some older books when I worked at Barnes And Noble, like some of the American classics. I read a lot… — Bert Kreischer Copy Share Image
I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Music, that has mostly earned a 'film music' status in our country, leaves genres like jazz, folk and classical to the niche.… — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
I tended to listen to doo-wop, but my grandmother would always have the radio on all day and she'd start with Yiddish… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians like John Coltrane needed these very clear titles for their abstract music, and your decision to bring voices into your… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Regarding jam sessions: Jazz musicians are the only workers I can think of who are willing to put in a full shift… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll… — Luther Allison Copy Share Image
I always called him the Dizzy Dean of music, he was so belligerent and braggadocio... But one thing I always noticed about… — Omer Simeon Copy Share Image
America's the great conundrum and the great dream and the great fascination: the new land, the new world, the new temple, the… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I lived in the Caribbean when I was a teenager, so I learned about Salsa and Cha-Cha and all these Latin Afro-Cuban… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I like jazz but actually I didn't love it enough to study it for four years. It was boring. — Tom Misch Copy Share Image
Alice thought, No. It wasn't the War and the disgruntled veterans; it wasn't the droves and droves of colored people flocking to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there… — Billy Higgins Copy Share Image
Sure, I could have lots of people who do the cooking, the driving, all that jazz - but I would be unhappy.… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
To most people, jazz-fusion means this dreadful synthetic jazz-rock thing, this jazz-Muzak, which I detest. They also think of jazz as a… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
“I'm eclectic,' she said to the HDs once and I could see them trying to work out where she plugged in.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues,… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners… — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and… — Doc Severinsen Copy Share Image
