From it's inception Beat poetry was hailed as "something NEW" and "like all good spontaneous jazz, newness is acceptable and expected -… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what… — Clark Terry Copy Share Image
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas...… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through… — Andrew Hill Copy Share Image
I do all the classics, like Dylan, Kristofferson, Jimmy Reed, Mexican mariachi songs, some jazz songs from the '30s. Cole Porter's 'Begin… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
My aunt Ruth Brown was a jazz musician. I got hooked on it at a young age, understanding what John Coltrane was… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is… — Charlie Hunter Copy Share Image
It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator… — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them,… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm just writing love songs. I'm not trying to be pop. I'm not trying to be jazz. I'm not trying to be… — Adele Copy Share Image
I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I know jazz is completely un-American. But the reason why America doesn't like it is because it's not funny. We [americans] have… — Paul Provenza Copy Share Image
I know it sounds silly, but it takes some time getting used to all the cameras in your face. I think it's… — Monica Raymund Copy Share Image
On set, the playground for the character, how much it takes varies. Is it like ballet, is it like jazz? The content… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things,… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
My dad loved jazz, so there was a little Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway. My mum is French, so she'd listen… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I played the drums. I basically started off in drum line. So it was just straight percussion. Then I got into the… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
To me I grew up watching 'All That Jazz' and 'Cabaret,' and when I was younger 'Mary Poppins',' The Sound Of Music,'… — Michael Gracey Copy Share Image
With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Now listen for your song. Everybody’s got a song. When I used to chase the Trane— John Coltrane that is— he used… — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than… — Ralph Bakshi Copy Share Image
We spent all day together [with Phil Wood] at that one particular lesson, which was maybe the third or fourth lesson, in… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that… — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
Jazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
A major component of jazz is improvisation, which forces you to stay in the moment because you never know what will be… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
My genre of music is very eclectic. I might play some Latin jazz, or just go into a spontaneous jazz thing. That's… — Sheila E Copy Share Image
I always think of a voice as an instrument, whether a voice is a trumpet, or violin, or bass. You know what… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding… — Dave Holland Copy Share Image
I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, music should sound spontaneous, I've derived a great deal of pleasure from playing jazz and having the knowledge of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
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![“We spent all day together [with Phil Wood] at that one particular lesson, which was maybe the third or fourth lesson, in from 11:00 in the morning to 11:00 at night. We often did a lot of varied things. It wasn't just about jazz language and the saxophone.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/jon-gordon-1655_fourth_we-spent-all-day-together-with-phil-wood_2211142.png)
