Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Marijuana is taken by musicians. And I'm not speaking about good musicians, but the jazz type... — Harry J. Anslinger Copy Share Image
Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind. — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played… — Moby Copy Share Image
“You can’t write music right unless you know how the man that’ll play it plays poker.” — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock. Everyone is so concerned about who they like. They… — Hiromi Uehara Copy Share Image
Improvisation in the jazz sense - like the business sense - is not formless. It is built on a skill set. Jazz,… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most… — Horace Silver Copy Share Image
I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet. — Jayne Cortez Copy Share Image
People ask me how could I go from country to jazz. It's been a natural convergence for me. — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
Jazz scares me. I've witnessed so many incredible singers and jazz musicians. Pop and soul music have always been the things that… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to learn how… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
I'm constantly thinking about classical and jazz, how to properly preserve them and pay homage. — Laufey Copy Share Image
I was teaching drum lessons at a few high schools - everything from marching to classical to rock and jazz. I found… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
