Jazz Quotes · Page 97

I've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got…

— Serj Tankian

“Butterflies are but petals upon the sky.”

— Jazz Feylynn

I like textures and tones. Sometimes, it will be a melodic feedback from a song or something. I like warm, ethereal sounds.…

— Alexander Spit

But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional…

— Gary Burton

What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

— Wyclef Jean

I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for…

— Sun Ra

I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when…

— Elvin Jones

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form…

— Charlie Haden

I once took a ride to the beach in L.A., and all along the shore there were all these so-called jazz places.…

— Jeff Buckley

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

— Sonny Rollins

Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great.

— Amy Sedaris

“There are more guys than girls in jazz. Next-to-no lady trumpeters (oh, there are a few) but it doesn't matter because, for…

— Stasia Ward Kehoe

I thought I was actually doing quite well - I was on Jazz FM six days a week. I fancied going to…

— Tony Blackburn

I'm asked so many times why I think there aren't more female instrumentalists in jazz. But I never think about it. And…

— Hiromi Uehara

I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind…

— Gregory Porter

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can…

— Mike Stern

Here's our shtick line to describe our music: It's our garage band attempt at our appreciation of jazz improvisation through the reality…

— John Popper

I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.

— George Wein

I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every…

— Lizz Wright

Jazz is part folk art, part progressive art,

— Mulgrew Miller

Jack Harlow's 'What's Poppin' is a 2020 bop, but there's a lot of Whiteness to unpack when he felt the need to…

— Jason Johnson

People are already worrying about the ball moving around and all that jazz.

— Mahela Jayawardene

I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.

— Nina Simone

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.

— John Hughes