Jazz music Quotes · Page 15

I don't listen to a lot of music when I have my free time. But I'll go to a jazz club and…

— Joshua Bell

Women and rhythm-section first!?

— Jaco Pastorius

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; ...

— Charles Mingus

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

— Pat Metheny

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when…

— Donald Miller

Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum,…

— Ahmad Jamal

I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!

— Wayne Shorter

There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film…

— Randy Weston

[Miles Davis] learned from everyone. He was incredible. He took the best from everyone and threw away the rest. He was brilliant.…

— Helen Merrill

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and…

— Abbey Lincoln

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a…

— Artie Shaw

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a…

— Nicole Beharie

We must be as pure as our music.

— Albert Ayler

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had…

— Branford Marsalis

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . .…

— Nina Simone

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

— Christina Aguilera

I strive for honesty in playing what I feel.

— Kenny Burrell

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

— Keith Jarrett

Kansas City, I would say, did more for jazz music, black music, than any other influence at all. Almost all their joints…

— Jesse Stone

Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to…

— Paul Bley

I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with…

— Abbey Lincoln

Sometimes I see players that think, and you can tell they're thinking of the next phrase to play or the next thing…

— Sonny Sharrock

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

— Billie Holiday

My novels and poems are meant to be read aloud. That's why jazz musicians have been able to adapt my stuff.

— Ishmael Reed