I was literally the last Jazz player left who played under Coach Sloan - and I always took that as a lot… — Gordon Hayward Copy Share Image
I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
I love New Orleans. I love jazz. I grew up practicing jazz piano, and that's just been such a cool genre to… — Daya Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I can play, and I know it; I'm not looking for any pats on the back. I don't have to be endorsed… — Curtis Fuller Copy Share Image
Whoever invented smooth jazz, man, I wanna kill 'em: You're turning an art form into a hooker. — Phil Woods Copy Share Image
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
“Real women don't love the richest guy in the world they love the guy who can make their world the richest.” — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge. — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty. — Doc Childre 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
Country music as a genre, as an art form, is just as valid out there in the pantheon of the arts as… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
“Jazz is the only lever used by all the riffraff of Tram 83 to switch social class as one would subway cars.” — Fiston Mwanza Mujila Copy Share Image
I guess certain kinds of jazz music could be Crunk. But the average jazz song, no, it's not Crunk. — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
