Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

I like everything, jazz and classical, and all over the spectrum. — Mark Pellegrino
When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined that.… — Jillian Rose Reed
Somerset desperately needs more high-end music making on its doorstep, so the chance to share great music spanning genres as diverse as orchestral classics, trip… — Charles Hazlewood
Bruges is a beautiful medieval city almost untouched by time. If you like jazz, you will be well catered for. If you like chocolate and… — James Frain
I was lucky enough to grow up in an era when radio was less formatted. It was really special. You could hear a jazz song… — Todd Rundgren
I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18. — Roy Harper
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. — Pat Metheny
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism. — Pat Metheny
I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested. — Courtney Barnett
I use a lot of tunings because I listen to a lot of jazz. — David Crosby
The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk, and I was… — Manfred Mann
My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,… — Alvin Lee
I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and… — Laverne Cox
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much surprise… — Robert Pinsky
I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings. — Al Jarreau
Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty and freedom that… — Al Jarreau
Jazz was a bomb. That was also the low point of Mac sales. People had just written it off. — Mitch Kapor
It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces,… — Zach Woods
I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem. — Daniel Boulud

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