Great Jazz Quotes
- The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. — Maynard Ferguson
- I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one. — Glenn Miller
- I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us… — Glenn Miller
- What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that seduce and satisfy… — Marc Myers
- I hired Bob at Terrytoons. He was my assistant animator, and then became an animator himself. He had just come from Boston with his family… — Ralph Bakshi
- I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in… — Sonny Rollins
- I'm a great jazz fan. — Vidal Sassoon
- Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture -… — Bonnie Raitt
- If you're making money people don't think you're playing Jazz. When you're not making money they think you're a great Jazz musician. — Pete Fountain