Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

I suppose subconsciously I was thinking in terms of having the scale of it matching the scale of the images. Hence the sort of string… — Jonny Greenwood
Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music. — Jan Garbarek
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz
Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. — Dave Van Ronk
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear some… — Steve Miller
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in… — Allen Ginsberg
America, the Idea of: We yearned for its beer and jazz, its smoke-filled nightclubs, its Edward Hopper bars, the melancholy of rainy Manhattan Gershwin nights...… — Michael Bywater
I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of… — Lynn Swann
I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer. — Greg Ginn
John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator. — Larry Coryell
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far… — Larry Coryell
A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm. — Ken Burns
I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a… — Ken Burns
We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em. — Miles Davis
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington. — Miles Davis
As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it. — Miles Davis
I still got my Ferrari. — Miles Davis
Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk… — Miles Davis
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once! — Miles Davis
I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much… — Miles Davis
If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you… — Miles Davis
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius? — Miles Davis
[Bebop is] Chinese music. — Louis Armstrong
There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it, you just enjoy… — Louis Armstrong
Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you… — Louis Armstrong

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