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Jazz Musician Quotes by Sonny Rollins
- You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in…
- I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are…
- I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in…
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- The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. — Louis Armstrong
- The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and… — Dave Brubeck
- If I knew what it was going to look like, I wouldnt be so excited to be a part of it. Jazz… — Joshua Redman
- I love music. My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or… — Gaspard Ulliel
- The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel. — Wynton Marsalis
- A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you… — Charlie Trotter
- People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as… — George Benson
- I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life. — Kenneth Rexroth
- I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical… — Anthony Braxton
- 'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a… — Artie Shaw
- Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. — Miles Kington
- Now as jazz musicians we're saying for this society, you can free up your imagination. You can proceed in an area without… — Paul Bley