I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed… — Paul Desmond Copy Share Image
Paris, the City of Light, never fails to enchant. With its jazz clubs, music in the streets, outdoor restaurants. The clatter of… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it. — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I did everything I could to not bring in any of the - any of the technical things I got from classical… — Cecile McLorin Salvant Copy Share Image
Given the hipness of transsexualism with people like Caitlyn Jenner and Jazz Jennings, there might be a third category, especially among children,… — Steve Bannon Copy Share Image
Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
As we all know, the evil of slavery and the sting of the whip have given us many things including the voice… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
In September 2012, I got the blues pretty bad, so I stopped playing for a little while. I started to renew my… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
I have met some very strange people and some very strange cats - and I'm not talking about jazz greats. I'm talking… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
When I was in New York, I put together a show; I put together this really great band and performed at this… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once. — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
When those who are educated using their education to exploit those who aren't. That's what the sub-prime scandal represents - people of… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
If you're going to make a mistake, make it loud so everybody else sounds wrong. — Giuseppe Venuti Copy Share Image
As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it.… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
