Music Write Quotes by Roy Ayers

I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced…

— Roy Ayers

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

— Roy Ayers

I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.

— Roy Ayers

The true beauty of music is that it connects peopl. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

— Roy Ayers

I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they're getting…

— Roy Ayers

I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year.

— Roy Ayers

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I…

— Roy Ayers

You grow and learn a lot about the industry and what happens behind closed doors over the years.

— Roy Ayers

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've…

— Roy Ayers

I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the…

— Roy Ayers

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

— Roy Ayers

People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20…

— Roy Ayers

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

— Roy Ayers

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you…

— Roy Ayers

I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're…

— Roy Ayers