Robert Glasper

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

'Black Radio' was pretty much a jam session.

— Robert Glasper

There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.

— Robert Glasper

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

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

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

— Robert Glasper

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

I feel like, paying homage to an artist, it's better to do something that's inspired by them - a new work that's…

— Robert Glasper

You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them.

— Robert Glasper

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

— Robert Glasper

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

Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres.

— Robert Glasper

For a while, R&B was going out of style. It was kind of getting kicked to the side. The first year the…

— Robert Glasper

I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12.

— Robert Glasper

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

Instead of hearing, "Oh, he's good," I'd rather hear, "Wow, you changed my feelings today, you made me feel different."

— Robert Glasper

If you got every single artist in the world in one room, and you put Miles on one side and Prince on…

— Robert Glasper

You're supposed to create new standards. The more you play songs by your peers, they become standards, you know? Miles Davis played…

— Robert Glasper

Honestly, recording with Faith Evans blew me away.

— Robert Glasper

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything.

— Robert Glasper

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

— Robert Glasper

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or "what you're doing isn't jazz," are just…

— Robert Glasper

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

The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.

— Robert Glasper

You have to go with the times. You're going to get left behind if you don't.

— Robert Glasper