In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jazz Band, and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Is punk rock really music, or is it really just an attitude? I get into that discussion with people all of the… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
“The static’s nice. I could do without the screeching.” “Are you kidding? That’s the music of the spheres, commissar. It’s beautiful .… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.'… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
If I have to be considered any type of jazz artist, it would be New Orleans jazz because New Orleans jazz never… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material.… — Peggy Lee 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
As a musician, I don't have one thing that's "my thing." I like to create, and have a lot of outlets for… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky.… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
“Do we not each dream of dreams? Do we not dance on the notes of lost memories? Then are we not each… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
“But his own mind was helpless against every moment's headline. He did nothing but leap into the mass of changes and explore… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Edward Isaac Bickert in never one to blow his own horn - figuratively - he is one of the most modest and… — Frank Rutter Copy Share Image
Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I didn't really think I liked jazz all that much until I was about 18. That's when the freedom and possibilities of… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz.… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy… — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't translate feeling because they're not part of it.… — Bill Evans Copy Share Image
I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. It may be easier to put out a fake… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
If I knew what it was going to look like, I wouldnt be so excited to be a part of it. Jazz… — Joshua Redman 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
If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A… — Rza Copy Share Image
I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
America, the Idea of: We yearned for its beer and jazz, its smoke-filled nightclubs, its Edward Hopper bars, the melancholy of rainy… — Michael Bywater Copy Share Image
Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I'm a rapper and, obviously, hip hop rap is my main thing. But I also like to dive into different genres and… — Little Simz Copy Share Image
You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
The whole idea of jazz came about was the interpretation of the human dialogue, trading fours. When someone's soloing and someone picks… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
In times of change and uncertainty, we need the spirit of jazz more than ever before, to bring people - especially young… — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
Many of the jazz musicians whom are no longer here. You don't realize that it's history when it is happening and then… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
I started playing sax when I was fourteen because I'm like a real competitive person when it comes to winning girls attention.… — Masego Copy Share Image
