Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

Jazz spent a chunk of the day fantasizing about ways to kill his grandmother, plotting them and planning them in the most excruciating, gruesome detail… — Barry Lyga
Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the… — Haruki Murakami
If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple. — Vera Nazarian
Music is an addiction. — Miles Davis
Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist. I'd dress in… — Charles de Lint
Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat. — Keith Richards
Sabine gestured to him with the half-eaten crust. "I like him. Not sure why he's wasting his time with the pole dancer, though." Tod laughed… — Rachel Vincent
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi takes off his… — Melina Marchetta
He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed through the doors… — Libba Bray
Not according to this," Jazz said, taking the report. "No evidence of sexual activity or anything like it." "Well, there's that," Howie said, sounding relieved.… — Barry Lyga
They put on fresh gloves and got back to business. Jazz wiped up the blood splatters in the freezer and tossed the tissues in with… — Barry Lyga
My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes. — Matthew Quick
the grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy. — Charles Bukowski
You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble. — S E Hinton
Gansey appeared beside Blue in the doorway. He shook his empty bottle at her. "Fair trade," he told her in a way that indicated he… — Maggie Stiefvater
It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on… — Wynton Marsalis
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country… — Wynton Marsalis
I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz. — Jimmy Page
By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz. — Ken Burns
Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America. — Ken Burns
Jazz is a beautiful woman whose older brother is a policeman. — Sid Caesar
Jazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ordinary ones. — Cab Calloway
Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world. — Unknown Author
Jazz washes away the dust of every day life. — Art Blakey
The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's… — Billy Taylor

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