Jazz Quotes · Page 55

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

— Dexter Gordon

I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better.

— Steve Turre

“Gathering seeds of thoughts, that blows away in the slightest of breezes.”

— Jazz Feylynn

Rock and jazz came together in a very powerful way on 'Barabajagal.'

— Donovan

There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll…

— Louis Armstrong

I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love…

— Ella Purnell

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk

I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician.

— Paul Bley

What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that…

— Marc Myers

Los Angeles has always been overlooked as far as jazz, and just high-level music in general. But, like, my dad's a musician,…

— Kamasi Washington

“The birth of the civil rights movement was intimately bound up in the spread of jazz music throughout the United States. It…

— Steven Johnson

It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends,…

— Duke Ellington

I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years, both as a player and a vocalist, particularly the…

— Jeff Healey

I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them.…

— Gary Carr

Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and…

— Mulgrew Miller

“A real musician ain’t gonna choose his own guitar like an evil master choosing his slave. The guitar will choose his master…

— Brenda Sutton Rose

You know, another jazz drummer, Ed Thigpen, who played with Oscar Peterson way back - it was the first time I ever…

— John Densmore

I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music.…

— Gabor Szabo

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

I'm a bluesman moving through a blues-soaked America, a blues-soaked world, a planet where catastrophe and celebration... "Joy and Pain" - sit…

— Cornel West

I think there are dozens or hundreds of different forms of creativity. Pondering science and math problems for years is different from…

— Oliver Sacks

My dad was all about music. He was a musician, leading a band when I was born. His band was active all…

— Chick Corea

That sound in tune to you? Sounds sharp to me. Sounds like I'm playing sharp all the time. My singing teacher told…

— Charles Mingus

I just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet.

— Van Morrison

One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

— Jon Anderson

You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know…

— Branford Marsalis

I think people never hear what they say, and speech is a mocking sound instead of a jazz concert.

— Mike Bass

I did get to sing at Carnegie Hall when they were made Landmarks! I sang ALL THAT JAZZ with the NY Pops…

— Karen Mason

I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time…

— Adrian Mitchell

For me, jazz is an understanding of music, rather than an end in itself.

— Jacob Collier

If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might…

— Laurence Fishburne

When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any…

— Keith Jarrett

It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way.

— Ryan North

“How to heal Read Books Listen to Jazz Ride Motorbikes Get Tattooed”

— Malebo Sephodi

At Norwell High School, I played with The Thompson Brothers. I was also in the jazz band. I acted in a lot…

— Susan Tedeschi

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.

— Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

— Steve Lacy

Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.

— Max Roach

I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks.

— Phoebe Snow