Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out of tune, or… — Damien Chazelle
I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician of any kind… — Damien Chazelle
One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such… — Damien Chazelle
I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day. — Damien Chazelle
My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz. — Damien Chazelle
I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I… — Kiesza
My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A lot of jazz… — Ella Henderson
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout. — Melvin Maddocks
A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. — Benny Green
Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only… — Doc Severinsen
My music is jazz. — Yusef Lateef
It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice. — David Baker
My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices,… — Dan Hicks
When I and the other young artists were working in comics, our work carried with it a particularly American slant. After all, we were Americans… — Joe Simon
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or… — Olivier Messiaen
The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there is a creation. — Billy Higgins
I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong. — Philip Levine
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. — Keith Jarrett
I also like Western classical music and jazz. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz. — John Eaton
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde. — Matthew Shipp
We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married… — David Amram
As a matter of fact, we put it down because we wanted to be jazz pickers. — Charlie Rich
I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and… — Jamie Muir
This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little… — John Hench

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