There were a lot of R&B groups that were my heroes, but the funny thing about my career and the way it… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It's the old-school jazz mentality that I connect with the most. I dig the idea of the seeker, the guy who's always… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father.… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“Twist a tongue, and tongue a twist how many twists can a tongue twister twist around the twisting tongue.” — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
“You hear lots of notes, don’t you? Some have a major sound. Some have a minor sound. But there’s not one blue… — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
Do not enjoy yourself. Enjoy dances and theaters and joy-rides and champagne and oysters; enjoy jazz and cocktails and night-clubs if you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington,… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Because we grew up in Australia, to find information about a lot of blues guys, I used to go to the library… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have… — Dinah Shore Copy Share Image
“In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
I feel myself trying to be charming, and then I realize I’m obviously trying to be charming, and then I try to… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer! — Nikita Khrushchev Copy Share Image
It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way. — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz,… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place...… — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players. — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
I actually had a really nice guitar as a teenager. I took jazz guitar, so my mom bought me this probably $1,600… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image