Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky. — Patrick Stump
I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. — Rickie Lee Jones
It seems all worlds of music - rock, blues, R&B, soul, hip-hop and others - are able to point to impromptu get-togethers as proud moments… — Ashley Kahn
I forget what the official name of it was, but they did an all-day of roots music - every kind of music you can imagine… — Scotty Moore
In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form… — Mike Figgis
Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively. — Mulgrew Miller
Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything. — Susan Rice
Jazz is part folk art, part progressive art, — Mulgrew Miller
Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and feel for the… — Mulgrew Miller
From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national… — Bill Frist
I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's… — Brian McKnight
I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in… — Paula Cole
I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way. — Paula Cole
I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New York Times, every single day reading their jazz reviews even… — Ken Burns
The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of jazz… — Ken Burns
Free form jazz means absolutely nothing to me. Because there are no boundaries. — Jon Lord
It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in… — LeRoy Neiman
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the… — Meshell Ndegeocello
I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning. — Gary Larson
I like rock music. I like jazz better, though. — Clarke Peters
Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all. — Janel Parrish
On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations. — Patti Page
Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also. — Suzi Quatro
But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on… — Amy Ray
I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. — Dave Van Ronk

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