Every conversation is a form of Jazz. The activity of instantaneous creation is as ordinary to us as breathing. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
They said Bird played bebop, but Bird could still swing. I've heard a lot of guys play bebop, but they wasn't swinging. — Jay McShann Copy Share Image
Keeping your artistic self as creative as possible is a balancing act. — Karrin Allyson Copy Share Image
As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars. — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
When you're working on a television show with actors, what you hope you're doing is playing jazz with them all the time.… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
I worked in a band a long time. As we got older, we became more aware of soul and jazz. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
Jane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her. — Jane Monheit Copy Share Image
I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
My parents have always been open to me trying new things, whether it's yoga or ballet or tap or jazz or piano… — Sofia Vassilieva Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional,… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
The musicians in Chicago gave me my vocation, but New York calls to a jazz musician, for sure. You want to test… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Columbia was a wonderful label for me. Wonderful. The records I made there garnered me an audience. I won a number of… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality. — Glenn Miller Copy Share Image
One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. — Jon Anderson Copy Share Image
I studied opera for a year at Georgia State University, but I wasn't interested in that meticulous, technical approach to music. So… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
