Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. — George Santayana
Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz. — Martin Scorsese
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was… — Jill Scott
The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother… — Jill Scott
Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great. — Amy Sedaris
My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records… — Wallace Shawn
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look… — Russell Simmons
We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big. — Carly Simon
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music. — Nina Simone
Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way… — Christian Siriano
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music, and also, we've… — Bruce Springsteen
In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here… — Serj Tankian
I've got my own studio, and I've got four- to five-hundred unreleased tracks. I've got stuff that's electronic, orchestral, jazz, I've got rock, I've got… — Serj Tankian
With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through… — Serj Tankian
The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different… — Paul Weller
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does. — Tony Wilson
The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now. — Amy Winehouse
My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it. — Neil Young
Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny. — Frank Zappa
Alice thought, No. It wasn't the War and the disgruntled veterans; it wasn't the droves and droves of colored people flocking to paychecks and streets… — Toni Morrison
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music… — Frank Zappa
Don't we look suspicious, the three of us just sitting here in the car?" Borden asked. We'd look a lot more suspicious if we were… — Rachel Caine
I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to… — Kurt Vonnegut
It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception. — Albert Einstein

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