I don't know what anybody else in the world would want to thank America for, but man, it [jazz] works. What I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“That’s a stupid name! Whirly-gig is much better, I think. Who in their right mind would point at this thing and say,… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
I know that composers know my voice type and what songs will suit me. I have been able to mould my voice… — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
This whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer to that would be,… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Musicians should never forget that we're blessed. We have a special gift that people can enjoy through us. We've had the good… — Ed Thigpen Copy Share Image
The trouble with this country is that everything is new. We don't have any consideration for the past... Just because something is… — Woody Shaw Copy Share Image
I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to… — John Polson Copy Share Image
Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The only art form that Americans have created that's recognized around the world is jazz music born in a community that had… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I suppose I am more comfortable with jazz because I have been playing it that much longer, and also because classical music… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
There's so much around, you don't know what to listen to. All I've got at home is Bo Diddley, some Stones and… — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade… — Melody Gardot 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
I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
When I arrived in America at the end of 1967, my only purpose was to observe (for a couple of months) my… — Flora Purim Copy Share Image
Black people invented jazz. But this story [in La La Land] wasn't ever claiming to be that. It's just a story about… — John Legend Copy Share Image
What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
'I Am Jazz' was more for children to understand what it means to be transgender, but with 'Being Jazz,' I wanted to… — Jazz Jennings Copy Share Image
Sweets [Edison] can say more with one note than any other Jazz player alive... an approach that stresses simplicity, glorious tone, natural… — Oscar Peterson 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
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
“When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Jazz music is all about performance, right? At least, to me, it's about the freedom of performance, the different inflections you do… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I became a radio nut. I loved the afternoon serials, and I got into jazz through the radio. I had a subscription… — George Carlin 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
Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
![“I don't know what anybody else in the world would want to thank America for, but man, it [jazz] works. What I like about it - and what public health people ought to like about it - it's safe sex.” quote by Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b14/kurt-vonnegut-41_america_i-don-t-know-what-anybody-else-in-the-wo_653472.jpg)
![“Black people invented jazz. But this story [in La La Land] wasn't ever claiming to be that. It's just a story about two people from one writer's point of view.” quote by John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/503/john-legend-1666_black_black-people-invented-jazz-but-this-stor_1679794.jpg)
![“Sweets [Edison] can say more with one note than any other Jazz player alive... an approach that stresses simplicity, glorious tone, natural potency and an unmatched affinity. He is a unique stylist in our music.” quote by Oscar Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8e8/oscar-peterson-23825_affinity_sweets-edison-can-say-more-with-one-note_2661157.jpg)
![“[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each other and we married.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18d/nat-hentoff-1615_coordinator_my-wife-margot-was-the-i-guess-the-coord_104123.jpg)
