Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music. — Dizzy Gillespie
I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done. — Dizzy Gillespie
He would forget everybody's name, so everybody was called 'Pops'. — Unknown Author
I don't understand the music but I certainly understand the girl singer! — Nikita Khrushchev
I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in… — Herbie Hancock
The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit. — Billie Holiday
In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so… — Billie Holiday
Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast. — Scott Joplin
Because it has such a ragged movement. It suggests something like that. — Scott Joplin
Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose… — Wynton Marsalis
One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told… — Wynton Marsalis
The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people. — Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis' skills have grown as fast as his ambition, and he is the most ambitious younger composer in Jazz. — Jon Pareles
We didn't come here to set any fashions in music. We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have… — Glenn Miller
I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz music. I still… — Artie Shaw
Everything I do is Mingus. — Charles Mingus
I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but… — Charles Mingus
I made the wrong mistakes — Thelonious Monk
Bop began with Jazz but one afternoon somewhere on a sidewalk maybe 1939, 1940, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk was walking past… — Jack Kerouac
I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues… — Jelly Roll Morton
In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I myself figured out… — Jelly Roll Morton
I first met Jelly Roll in Chicago. He was livin' high then. You know, Jelly was a travelin' cat, sharp and good lookin' and always… — Unknown Author
I always called him the Dizzy Dean of music, he was so belligerent and braggadocio... But one thing I always noticed about Jelly, he would… — Unknown Author
Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures. — Jelly Roll Morton
Bop is no love-child of jazz. — Charlie Parker

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