Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money. — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the… — Roberta Flack Copy Share Image
North Texas is by far the most serious minded jazz program I have encountered. — Dave Liebman Copy Share Image
You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz. — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
A Jazz man should be saying what he feels: humor, sadness, joy... all the things that humans have. — Bob Brookmeyer Copy Share Image
I do love singing. I wouldn't say I'm any good, but I definitely love it - especially jazz singing. — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
“A psychic friend could come in very handy." I reshuffled my cards. "I predict I will," she said.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz. — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
I joined Count Basie's band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn't see anything… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that… — Doris Day Copy Share Image
I'd love to see a Nirvana biopic. I loved them when I was younger. I really like jazz music, so I'd like… — Antonia Thomas Copy Share Image
I tell my students, 'It's an important tradition and you have to go back and hear this music and learn its language… — Jackie McLean Copy Share Image
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it;… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk,… — Manfred Mann Copy Share Image
Well, I had started a program which is even longer running than this one in 1967 which was a jazz program called… — Humphrey Lyttelton Copy Share Image
I was used to dancing, but only when someone told you what to do. So in the nightclub I was all over… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily… — Lee Ritenour Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People need to realize that even the greatest jazz musicians, when they listen to jazz, they're not like, analyzing it and deconstructing… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I have a taste for a lot of different kinds of music... everything, from hip-hop to jazz to R&B to top 40… — Ray Allen Copy Share Image
You can not ignore his current life. Bowie has become a family man and enjoys to see his children grow up close… — Gail Ann Dorsey Copy Share Image
In the United States, many people said you can't have folk music in the United States because you don't have any peasant… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
![“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 be kidding! There's no one on the globe who will be able to accompany you" and no one ever did. [Scott LaFaro] was playing atonally and certainly Ornette was…” quote by Paul Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/paul-bley-46715_able_ornette-coleman-wasn-t-sure-whether-he-w_3200759.jpg)
