I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me.… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
“I took my solo and beat hell out of the skins. Then Spoof swiped at his mouth and let go with a… — Charles Beaumont Copy Share Image
As for the way we play, we are as much like the Beatles as any American Jazz group is like any other. — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn't… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
This is one of the major purposes of soul and jazz music; to state what you feel. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
Improvisation sometimes seemed more like jazz than acting, like verbal jazz, with the actors playing a theme back and forth, and then… — Alan Arkin 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
In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I… — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their… — Glenn Miller Copy Share Image
I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better. — Steve Turre Copy Share Image
New York seems conducted by jazz, animated by it. It is essentially a city of rhythm. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I guess I learnt to appreciate old Hindi-movie music from my dad and somewhere down the line picked up jazz as well. — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
You could be my son. You even look like me a little bit... Say, who's your mother? — Fats Waller Copy Share Image
They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I… — Sarah Vaughan Copy Share Image
I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves,… — Jose James Copy Share Image
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part… — David Amram Copy Share Image
Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
My aunt Ruth Brown was a jazz musician. I got hooked on it at a young age, understanding what John Coltrane was… — Rakim Copy Share Image
For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest,… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
