Jazz Quotes · Page 93

Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.

— Merle Haggard

I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it.…

— Boz Scaggs

It quickly becomes apparent that in the gray area between jazz, R&B and soul, Tony Adamo is one of the top voices.

— Scott Yanow

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.

— Amy Winehouse

Jazz is more raw than punk in a lot of ways. It's so expressive. A lot of people say to me, especially…

— King Krule

It's almost worse because you think that you're mature and classic when you're in the newsie cap jazz phase. It's not a…

— Nick Kroll

The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of…

— Wynton Marsalis

I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.

— Branford Marsalis

If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul.

— Count Basie

I listen to everything from jazz to reggae to heavy metal and I kind of combine everything to make something different

— Travis Barker

Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than…

— Ralph Bakshi

Not to deny that it is a thinking people's music, but when I listen to music if I ever catch myself thinking,…

— Brian Blade

My greatest teacher was not a vocal coach, not the work of other singers, but the way Tommy Dorsey breathed and phrased…

— Frank Sinatra

The better it gets, the fewer of us know it.

— Ray Brown

the French write plays and paint as naturally as we play jazz - it's just a national gift.

— Alice B. Toklas

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

— Herb Alpert

I am a complete jazz nerd.

— Sam Amidon

I followed the Jazz as a kid.

— Shawn Bradley

The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas...…

— Wynton Marsalis

I did ballet, tap, jazz, modern, I taught dance here in my hometown of St. Louis.

— Phyllis Smith

Jazz has to work. It has to play with the audience and with the marketplace. I think that is relevant to business.

— John Kao

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

— Jan Hammer

Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy…

— Christian McBride

Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.

— Wes Montgomery

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not…

— Nina Simone