Becoming a musician is a strange thing. It's not all cupcakes and ice cream. You're trying to master an instrument, and you… — Kamasi Washington Better Copy Share Image
I've had experiences where people say, 'I hated jazz before I heard you guys!"I'm like, 'You didn't hate jazz before you heard… — Kamasi Washington Guy Copy Share Image
I can't really worry about nuclear war any more than I can worry about the aliens coming. — Kamasi Washington Fear Copy Share Image
My dad was a professional musician; my mom played, too, but just for fun. All my siblings played. The house was full… — Kamasi Washington Dad Copy Share Image
My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. — Kamasi Washington Archie Copy Share Image
Hip-hop and jazz have always been intertwined. Even the G-funk thing. You listen to 'The Chronic,' there's flute solos and everything. It's… — Kamasi Washington Always Copy Share Image
There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second… — Kamasi Washington Band Copy Share Image
This notion that I was somehow special and deserving of a more involved education was wrong.I was smart at taking tests, but… — Kamasi Washington Deserving Copy Share Image
When you're making music, you're creeping up on your heart and pouring it out into something. — Kamasi Washington Heart Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I'd be walking down the street and suddenly panic because I had a cool idea and no way… — Kamasi Washington Cool Copy Share Image
Isaac Smith sounded like Curtis Fuller, Corey Hogan sounded like Sonny Rollins, Terrace Martin sounded like Jackie McLean. Already, at 13, 14, 15 years old. — Kamasi Washington Isaac Copy Share Image
We started 'Heaven And Earth' in 2016. That was probably the heaviest touring year of my whole life. We probably did almost… — Kamasi Washington Earth Copy Share Image
As a person who grew up in Los Angeles - that's a very diverse place - I've always felt like that diversity… — Kamasi Washington Blessing Copy Share Image
L.A. has always been hated on so much. I remember, the first time I went to New York, I was at jam… — Kamasi Washington First time Copy Share Image
There's this notion that music has to be confined to some small, simple place to be popular, something I never believed. — Kamasi Washington Music Copy Share Image
My third day playing saxophone, I was in front of a congregation. I still didn't know the names of all the notes.… — Kamasi Washington Day Copy Share Image
I think the reason why I see life as this never-ending struggle is because I imagine it having endless potential. — Kamasi Washington I think Copy Share Image
My dad was very much a Pan-Africanist and instilled in me and my siblings a want for that knowledge. — Kamasi Washington Dad Copy Share Image
In general, in my life, one of the coolest things that I've been able to do is to go to different places… — Kamasi Washington Beauty Copy Share Image
As musicians, we have one of the greatest tools of bringing people together in music. — Kamasi Washington Music Copy Share Image
I used to play until 4 o'clock in the morning.My dad would go nuts - he'd scream and say the cops are… — Kamasi Washington Break Copy Share Image
My dad's also a musician, so jazz was always around the house. When I was 11, I developed an interest in it,… — Kamasi Washington Dad Copy Share Image
Gerald Wilson was one of my mentors: he was in his nineties before he passed and, literally, every time I saw him,… — Kamasi Washington Amazing Copy Share Image
When I was working on 'To Pimp A Butterfly' and 'DAMN.,' I'm really making music for Kendrick. It's a different mindset than… — Kamasi Washington Butterfly Copy Share Image
