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Jazz Quotes by Max Roach
- I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that…
- Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty.
- Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of…
More Jazz Quotes
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. — Louis Armstrong
- Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
- 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
- Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't… — Dave Brubeck