Mingus Quotes
8 quotes by 6 authors
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I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the…
— Dave Brubeck
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to…
— Eric Clapton
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Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. ... To…
— Lester Bangs
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I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I loved Bird's playing…
— Jackie McLean
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Everything I do is Mingus.
— Charles Mingus
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I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but…
— Charles Mingus
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I am Charles Mingus. Half-black man. Yellow man. Half-yellow. Not even yellow, nor white enough to pass for nothing but black and not too light…
— Charles Mingus
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If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in…
— Robert Glasper
Who Wrote These Mingus Quotes
6 authors contributed a total of 8 Mingus Quotes as follows: