In a lot of ways, I feel like I'm just taking the music that comes to me and trying to make it… — Kamasi Washington Beautiful Copy Share Image
I've known that about myself, that I've had two sides: one that's pretty tactical, down to earth, aware. There's also a really… — Kamasi Washington Down to earth Copy Share Image
The song 'Leroy and Lanisha' on my album 'The Epic' is really my homage to 'Linus and Lucy.' — Kamasi Washington Album Copy Share Image
When you bring multiple cultures together, there's a degree of push and pull. — Kamasi Washington Bring Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music. — Kamasi Washington Collage Copy Share Image
The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything. — Kamasi Washington Everything Copy Share Image
Whenever my dad wasn't practicing, he was listening to music. He had an amazing jazz collection, and my mom had stuff like… — Kamasi Washington Amazing Copy Share Image
If we all give our power to one person, that's what the world will be. If we all decide to make the… — Kamasi Washington Beautiful Copy Share Image
I started playing with this band, the Polyester Players. It was my introduction into funk. So I went and got a James… — Kamasi Washington Band Copy Share Image
I have to always check back in with my imagination just to remember that I have this infinite potential, and I can… — Kamasi Washington Always Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is, like, that the instruments were taken out of schools. But - you might have taken the instruments… — Kamasi Washington About Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that nobody understands what John Coltrane is doing except John Coltrane. And maybe not even him.… — Kamasi Washington Even Copy Share Image
I like living on that edge, musically. I like a bit of insecurity and that feeling of not really knowing what's going… — Kamasi Washington Edge Copy Share Image
L.A. is a big city that has a lot of music in it but is not necessarily known for it. A lot… — Kamasi Washington Big city Copy Share Image
People need to realize that even the greatest jazz musicians, when they listen to jazz, they're not like, analyzing it and deconstructing… — Kamasi Washington Jazz Copy Share Image
Jazz is an interesting music. It's one of the few forms of music where everyone that's performing the music has a creative… — Kamasi Washington Everyone Copy Share Image
Even the greatest musicians, they only represent themselves. You represent who you are and what your experiences are and what you have… — Kamasi Washington Heart Copy Share Image
We've now got a whole generation of jazz musicians who have been brought up with hip-hop. We've grown up alongside rappers and… — Kamasi Washington Dr dre Copy Share Image
If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really… — Kamasi Washington Communicate Copy Share Image
Music is an expression of who you are, and - at least in that sense - I think I epitomize Black Lives… — Kamasi Washington Black Copy Share Image
I kept thinking about how ironic it is how people who live in places where there is diversity tend to love it… — Kamasi Washington Art Copy Share Image
At the time of 'The Epic,' as a core band, we were all spending so much time apart making music for other… — Kamasi Washington Art making Copy Share Image
I went to a music academy in Los Angeles, and some friends started playing me Ravel and Prokofiev, who I liked, but… — Kamasi Washington Classical music Copy Share Image
