My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
I was working with the computer at university and playing jazz in the daytime, buying west-coast psychedelic and early Kraftwerk records in… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for… — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I used to tell my friends, 'Art Blakey is way more gangster than Eazy-E!' I ended up getting my friends into jazz,… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
“There is a stillness between us, a period of restlessness that ties my stomach in a hangman’s noose. It is this same… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
Skiffle was blues featuring a washboard and acoustic instruments. It encompassed blues, with elements of folk, jazz, and, at times, American country-and-western… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Good jazz has been a big part of my life as far as my interest in music, and... It's kind of weird… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong was the primary contributor to jazz music in the 20th century. His improvisational skills served as the principal model for… — Ellis Marsalis, Jr Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz…you… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
What makes jazz different is that you can't predict it, it's all about freedom. Just when you think you know what you're… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
By adding open strings to even the simplest chords, you can create voicings that sound sophisticated, but are really easy (and fun)… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I called it 'Unleash the Dragon,' but I didn't exactly unleash the dragon. I kind of held back, mainly because I felt… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
I studied jazz at home with my grandparents. They always had jazz dudes at the house, but I didn't study formally. I… — Madlib Copy Share Image
I studied and sang lot of jazz when I was growing up. I think that plays a little bit into some of… — Chris Young 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
Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I came along in the '60s having absorbed as much as I could up until then and added my own tastes and… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
“Twist a tongue, and tongue a twist how many twists can a tongue twister twist around their twisting tongue. If a tongue… — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm going to say out there is how grateful I am - and how grateful the world is… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
No matter how much people want to pretend that they're embarrassed by it, that they don't watch it, everybody knows about it.… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
I went to jazz college and didn't know diddly about jazz like Derek did. He knew more about jazz and the country-blues… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I like to capture the spirit of what the writers intended but find my own nuances. That comes from jazz - the… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
In the year of 1902, when I was about seventeen years old, I happened to invade one of the sections [in New… — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
We do ballet dancing, Irish dancing, Scottish, jazz, tap - whatever country we're in or whatever culture that we'd like to present… — Emma Watkins Copy Share Image
I think on my passport form I described myself as 'entertainer,' filling it in, in a Post Office or something. I felt… — Limmy Copy Share Image
I listen to so much, I listen to a lot of reggae. Obviously I listen to hip-hop, that's what I make. I… — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
That was something we were trying to figure out: Are we allowed to do a jazz song? Are we allowed to do… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the… — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that.… — Bill Orcutt Copy Share Image
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