Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning. — Rita Coolidge
I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior… — Bobby McFerrin
I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk… — Bela Fleck
I started writing songs when I was 10. It was a natural way to express myself as a kid. It wasn't until I started listening… — Kimbra
I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll. — Adrian Mitchell
Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions. — J J Johnson
In jazz improv, there is no such thing as wrong notes, only notes that are better chosen and it's not about the note you play,… — Larry Carlton
The jazz musician’s function is to feel, — Lennie Tristano
Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed,… — Patricia Barber
And I used to listen to a lot of jazz. — Debra Wilson
Every ‘mistake’ is an opportunity in jazz. — Stefon Harris
Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship,… — Quincy Jones
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin! — Miles Davis
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you are always expected… — Keith Jarrett
My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that… — Chuck Mangione
Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that… — Branford Marsalis
Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They… — Ikue Mori
They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out. — Lester Bowie
Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of… — Lester Bowie
The hardest thing about being a young musician on the jazz scene is that there are so many styles of music, jazz and otherwise, that… — Dave Kikoski
I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting… — Clark Terry
I'm mostly a jazz fan and I've never really been into rock 'n' roll music — although I guess Coldplay isn't really rock 'n' roll… — Blythe Danner
Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. — Colin Greenwood
Jazz is the art of thinking out loud. — Barbara Januszkiewicz
The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one of the few… — Stanley Crouch

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