--- title: "12 Listening Jazz Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Listening Jazz quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Listening Jazz sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/nevershoutnever-14418_quote_i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve_2075417.jpg" --- > [I've been playing too much guitar I, I've been listening to jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nevershoutnever/i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve-been-listening-to-jazz/) [Nevershoutnever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nevershoutnever/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/nevershoutnever-14418_quote_i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve_2075417.jpg) > [We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robert-johnson-the-old-blues-man/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg) > [Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. Why? Because his father, Torben - an incredible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-trujillo/lars-ulrich-is-not-a-jazz-drummer-but-he-grew-up-listening-to-jazz/) [Robert Trujillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-trujillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/robert-trujillo-5752_father_lars-ulrich-is-not-a-jazz-drummer-but-he_1645814.png) > [I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mraz/i-listened-to-the-radio-so-i-was-influenced-by-everyone-from-michael/) [Jason Mraz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mraz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/jason-mraz-975_albums_i-listened-to-the-radio-so-i-was-influen_424354.jpg) > [I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ervin-beam/i-don-t-really-listen-to-a-lot-of-stuff-that-sounds-real-similar-to/) [Samuel Ervin Beam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ervin-beam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/samuel-ervin-beam-6217_communication_i-don-t-really-listen-to-a-lot-of-stuff_313112.jpg) > [Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenny-g/grover-washington-was-my-main-influence-and-when-i-went-to-college-i/) [Kenny G](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenny-g/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/kenny-g-14860_cannonballs_grover-washington-was-my-main-influence_1313047.jpg) > [So our ears got used to listening to jazz in the place that it was that the bass player could not play.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miroslav-vitous/so-our-ears-got-used-to-listening-to-jazz-in-the-place-that-it-was/) [Miroslav Vitous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miroslav-vitous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/miroslav-vitous-24266_bass_so-our-ears-got-used-to-listening-to-jaz_879219.png) > [In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serj-tankian/in-the-last-few-years-i-ve-been-listening-to-jazz-more-than-anything/) [Serj Tankian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serj-tankian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/serj-tankian-7320_jazz_in-the-last-few-years-i-ve-been-listenin_209721.png) > [I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-de-la-baume/i-grew-up-with-classical-music-blasting-in-my-parents-living-room-and/) [Josephine de La Baume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-de-la-baume/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/josephine-de-la-baume-24508_beautiful_i-grew-up-with-classical-music-blasting_2519384.jpg) > [Even my colleagues don't read classic criticism. And my feeling is that if you don't do that then you're not really practicing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-giddins/even-my-colleagues-don-t-read-classic-criticism-and-my-feeling-is/) [Gary Giddins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-giddins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/gary-giddins-25694_classic_even-my-colleagues-don-t-read-classic-cr_282889.jpg) > [When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-valli/when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-listen-to-my-emerson-radio-late-at-night/) [Frankie Valli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-valli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/frankie-valli-15148_band_when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-listen-to-my_3165287.jpg) > [I love jazz. So to me, there are two main types of jazz. There's dancing jazz, and then there's listening jazz. Listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-love-jazz-so-to-me-there-are-two-main-types-of-jazz-there-s-dancing/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/lupe-fiasco-1146_aesthetic_i-love-jazz-so-to-me-there-are-two-main_2781510.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening-jazz/#itemlist", "name": "Listening Jazz Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been playing too much guitar I, I've been listening to jazz.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nevershoutnever" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nevershoutnever/i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve-been-listening-to-jazz/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/nevershoutnever-14418_quote_i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve_2075417.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/nevershoutnever-14418_quote_i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve_2075417.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/nevershoutnever-14418_quote_i-ve-been-playing-too-much-guitar-i-i-ve_2075417.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been playing too much guitar I, I've been listening to jazz.” — Nevershoutnever", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Butch Trucks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robert-johnson-the-old-blues-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.” — Butch Trucks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. 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