Putting yourself out there Quotes by Kamasi Washington

Every day we're here is an opportunity to do what we can to make the world right, to help someone close or far from…

— Kamasi Washington

I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the first day,…

— Kamasi Washington

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

— Kamasi Washington

It's either, like, 'Your album was the first jazz album I listened to,' or, like, 'My friend took me to this show, and I've…

— Kamasi Washington

This precious thing of empathy and love and understanding is something we have to hold and appreciate and protect.

— Kamasi Washington

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

— Kamasi Washington

We learned at a young age, with our dad, that even if you weren't doing something, you had to look like you were, or…

— Kamasi Washington

West Coast hip hop was the sound of my neighbourhood. It was something I could relate to because it had a sound that felt…

— Kamasi Washington

We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But I think…

— Kamasi Washington

In the '80s, a lot of kids, if you were kind of bright, you got bussed to schools out of your community. So you…

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.

— Kamasi Washington

At a certain point, when there's a barrier between you and what's right, eventually you have to decide you're not going to allow yourself…

— Kamasi Washington