Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation… — Dave Van Ronk
There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we… — Sonny Rollins
Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for… — Sonny Rollins
I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's… — Sonny Rollins
I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some… — Sonny Rollins
I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in… — Sonny Rollins
I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who.… — Sonny Rollins
I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me. — Ted Rall
I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion. — Andy Summers
I'm not a jazz singer. — Boz Scaggs
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to… — Chad Smith
Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor. — Chad Smith
Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music. — David Sanborn
I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along… — David Sanborn
Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music… — David Sanborn
Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same… — Tom Sizemore
I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was… — Miles Teller
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm… — Bobby Vinton
I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap. — Emily VanCamp
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative… — Jeffrey Wright
I was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, because that was new music for me. I really hadn't been up on them. I mean,… — Will Ferrell
I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together. And I want to make this… — Will Ferrell
People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on… — Elvis Costello
I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools as possible across this country and across… — Chrisette Michele
I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode… — James McBride

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