Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

I never sing a song the same way twice. — Billie Holiday
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words. — Billie Holiday
There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. " — Art Blakey
Jazz is the favorite music [of America]. It is a type of music invented by [American] Blacks to please their primitive tendencies and desire for… — Sayyid Qutb
When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues — Ray Davies
Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and I… — Brian McKnight
Jazz is democracy in music. — Wynton Marsalis
In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting… — David Amram
What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit… — Branford Marsalis
Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything. — Joseph Jarman
I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here. — Gary Lucas
I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop. — Anita Diament
Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden! — Toots Thielemans
I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. — Norman Granz
After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz. — Robert Quine
I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena. — Boz Scaggs
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. — Cassandra Wilson
My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously… — Chico Hamilton
Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz. — Alan Vega
I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey. — Rita Coolidge
Jazz was uplifted by what I did. — Norman Granz
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. — Don DeLillo
You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in… — Sonny Rollins
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and… — Bobby McFerrin
My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer. — Jan Hammer

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