I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll write a song first and then I'm like, "Oh this person will be great on this song." But there are… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
None of the jazz greats made music for the purpose of you going to check out music before them. Michael Jackson didn't… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I feel like everybody's life literally has a soundtrack because we love music so much, and there are so many songs that… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I started out playing traditional jazz, and I still do: I love standards, I love the music. But it must move on,… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
It's funny, now that we have Twitter and Facebook and stuff, you can really see how you affect fans. Before all that,… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I always tell people that, just to be a bad jazz musician, you have to be better than most musicians. The worst… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I want to remind people that black music is amazing. And there are all forms of it that we've forgotten, you know?… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Everybody has a favorite song, but everybody don't have a favorite painting. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give it the… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and other times… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I feel like, paying homage to an artist, it's better to do something that's inspired by them - a new work that's inspired by… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll write a song first and then I'm like, "Oh this person will be great on this song." But there are some artists… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres. — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
