I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession,… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried. — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved. — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
The world thinks that music is a commercial commodity. I'm glad that is not my code. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
I'm not a one-stop music shop with jazz improv in aisle 3 and country and western in aisle 4. I have a… — Charlie Clouser Copy Share Image
If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme… — Kevin Eubanks Copy Share Image
It's easy to mock a man who has founded a religion based on John Coltrane, who considers 'A Love Supreme,' whatever its… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
Tommy Dorsey was the last of the band leaders... He was ahead of his time; if he got drunk, he got difficult,… — Dick Haymes Copy Share Image
Jazz exemplifies artistic activity that is at once individual and communal, performance that is both repetitive and innovative, each participant sometimes providing… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
I've always listened to jazz or folk or blues. I was always listening to the prophets. I don't really go for...I don't… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The people at Jazz at Lincoln Center are an amazing group and have done a phenomenal job teaching kids and audiences of… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I'm mostly a jazz fan and I've never really been into rock 'n' roll music — although I guess Coldplay isn't really… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
People have their own interests and they want to play a certain kind of music. People want to play in orchestras. They… — Henry Threadgill Copy Share Image
I was in school for jazz voice, which is the dumbest way to spend $35,000 a year. I just felt like a… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
There's a whole stereotype of the jazz musician that's into poetry and reading and metaphysics and all that stuff. Really, it's a… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
What we know about the destination resort business is clearly established. But it's all about one thing, and one thing only. All… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
I actually had a really nice guitar as a teenager. I took jazz guitar, so my mom bought me this probably $1,600… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
![“I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.” quote by Herbie Hancock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/herbie-hancock-2674_albums_i-spent-five-years-at-least-working-with_2321946.jpg)
