Jazz Quotes · Page 81

I'm mostly a jazz fan and I've never really been into rock 'n' roll music — although I guess Coldplay isn't really…

— Blythe Danner

My grandad was an opera singer, my uncle a jazz musician; I was a boy soprano in the church choir. But the…

— Ian Gillan

Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment, not forcing any particular style.

— Charlie Hunter

I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to…

— Dan Bejar

It (jazz) isn't like it used to be. The guys aren't together. They're all separated. Individuals now. Bird was a symbol. It…

— Charles Mingus

The whole gist of 'All That Jazz' is Faustian. It's about a man who sells his soul to show business - which…

— Ann Reinking

You don't show respect to Frank Sinatra and his great example by trying to sound exactly like him. You show it by…

— Kurt Elling

In times of change and uncertainty, we need the spirit of jazz more than ever before, to bring people - especially young…

— Irina Bokova

You basically have to play everything (in New Orleans), because you're getting calls to play gigs of all different styles, from classical…

— Harry Connick, Jr

[Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I…

— Freddie Hubbard

We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.

— Walter Becker

Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really…

— Alex Clare

What I would really like to have been, given a perfect world, is a jazz pianist. I mean jazz. I don't mean…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.

— Martin Scorsese

[Jazz] is a music of freedom and wonder. It's our indigenous art form, and I'm still blessed to travel around the world…

— Charles Lloyd

I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's…

— Pharoah Sanders

When the subsidies are going out there to fund arts, I'd like to see jazz given a better shake of the dice.…

— Sebastian Coe

Recording in Nashville was absolutely essential to get the sound, the musicians, the atmosphere, the warmth... There are just cult places like…

— Roch Voisine

I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so…

— Tinashe

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

— Bill Frisell

There's this certain caliber of dancing I was striving for when I was younger, and it's very hard for me to go…

— Summer Glau

Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must…

— Phil Jackson

When I was young, I played the piano and studied classical music and jazz. I wanted to be a concert pianist, and…

— Christopher Plummer

The jazz musician’s function is to feel,

— Lennie Tristano

I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.

— Brian McKnight