I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I love music. My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you're swept… — Bobby Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Jazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content. — Booker Little Copy Share Image
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni,… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I'm not a jazz musician, because, I mean, firstly, I can't play anything. I'm not bad on the tamborine. I have a… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Liz [Gillies] doesn't really listen to anything new, besides Adele, Ariana Grande, and stuff like that. She loves '70s music and old… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Kenny G is not real jazz. I don't even think Wynton Marsalis is real jazz. I don't think Harry Connick Jr. is… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big. — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Really, improv is all about creating for what's around you, in the moment, so it fits in a way that you can't… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised… — Sarah Vaughan Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I believe in jazz is that the oneness of man can come through the rhythm of your heart.… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
'Star Trek' scared me a lot more than 'White Jazz.' It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
When you think of diversity, George Duke fits that bill better than a lot of people. He's played a lot of straight-ahead… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
Until I was about 16 years old, my dream was to be a musician. I played in rock bands and jazz bands.… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
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