I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Gansey appeared beside Blue in the doorway. He shook his empty bottle at her. "Fair trade," he told her in a way… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It's not enough to just be a good singer. You have to know where your roots come from. If you sing jazz,… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as… — George Benson Copy Share Image
When you are busy with all the live shows and bands, world music and jazz music, it takes time to come back… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and… — Mulgrew Miller Copy Share Image
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life. — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
My dad's also a musician, so jazz was always around the house. When I was 11, I developed an interest in it,… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet. — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before. — Jon Hendricks Copy Share Image
Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
Rock music was the death of jazz in a way. I know there's a bunch of people who say jazz isn't dead,… — Jamie Hince Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, Metallica is like a fusion band. It's not necessarily jazz or any of that, but the music… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you? — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image