I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness that doesn't have that much to do with… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Like, I'm trying to make a statement that clean comedy is somehow better or loftier than dirty comedy, and I don't feel… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, music should sound spontaneous, I've derived a great deal of pleasure from playing jazz and having the knowledge of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
I was in rehab for nine months, and I needed some solace and distraction. I was in town one day and I… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
The podcast 'A History of Jazz' began telling its story in February - 100 years after the recording of 'Livery Stable Blues'… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
Anyone who's just driven 90 yards against huge men trying to kill them has earned the right to do Jazz hands. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I always tell people that, just to be a bad jazz musician, you have to be better than most musicians. The worst… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
People think jazz music is all standards and the Great American Songbook. But it's really about the sensibility, the feel you bring… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
Comedy is a funny thing, and it's really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
I suppose technically I could say I'm based in jazz, just because it's the school of thought that I've been encouraging myself… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I think when you look back at the different eras in jazz, what leads from one to another is never a melodic… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
Jazz is an endless source of ideas, because you can use anything. You can play operatic arias. You can incorporate them into… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
