Jazz Quotes

1344 Jazz quotes by 630 unique authors

People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as you commercialize your… — George Benson
Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to what… — Larry Carlton
And what happened was, it's the same thing an older, more successful writer of ficition might say to a student: write about what you know.… — Larry Coryell
For me, jazz, R&B, jump swing, Chicago blues, country blues, early hillbilly music, and honky tonk all stem from the same source — Duke Robillard
... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky Pizzarelli)… — Unknown Author
Barney Kessel was 'Mr. Guitar,' the foremost jazz guitarist of his generation. He had an amazing imagination, his solos were incredible, he swung his tail… — Larry Coryell
If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him. — Wes Montgomery
Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of… — Ralph Bakshi
Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes — Harvey Pekar
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life. — Kenneth Rexroth
I always thought jazz was like the trunk of a tree. After the tree has grown, many branches have spread out. They're all with different… — Earl Hines
Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I… — Wayne Shorter
There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where… — Cannonball Adderley
I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics. — Erik Larson
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did and I'd say, well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical - but that… — Laura Mvula
Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.… — Laurie Helgoe
Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me. — Justin Guarini
I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as a fun project… — Justin Guarini
Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family. — Alexis Korner
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music. — Edgar Winter
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz,… — Luther Allison
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues. — Mose Allison
The music I like to play is Rock 'N Roll. I like to rock like a wild animal. I like to rock it well enough… — Wesley Willis
Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart. — Unknown Author
You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's… — Art Blakey

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