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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did and I'd say, well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical - but that…
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that…
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I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I…
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Laura Mvula has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did and I'd say, well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical…
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I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and…
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
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I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food,…
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
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I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
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You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of…
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical'…
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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What we play is life.
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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
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We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.
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You blows who you is.
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The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
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It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and…
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I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not.
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I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat,…
— Travis Barker
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And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.
— Travis Barker
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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
— Warren G. Bennis
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I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned…
— Steven Adler
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