Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

You are the music while the music lasts. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with. — Duke Ellington
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. — Duke Ellington
Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear. — Ralph Ellison
Painting, I think it's like jazz. — Brian Eno
I don't want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn't actually free at all.… — Brian Eno
I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived. — Kevin Eubanks
I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to rock 'n roll.… — Lupe Fiasco
It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts. — Ella Fitzgerald
Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his… — Roberta Flack
Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. — Renee Fleming
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it. — George Foreman
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. — Herbie Hancock
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz. — Herbie Hancock
Jazz is about being in the moment. — Herbie Hancock
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. — Herbie Hancock
At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. — Herbie Hancock
I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music. — Herbie Hancock
I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since. — Herbie Hancock
I think I was supposed to play jazz. — Herbie Hancock
It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. — Herbie Hancock
It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project. — Herbie Hancock
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. — Herbie Hancock
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. — Herbie Hancock

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