Mingus Quotes

8 quotes by 6 authors

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Everything I do is Mingus. — Charles Mingus
• 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
• 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
• 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:

• 3 Mingus Quotes by Charles Mingus
• 1 Mingus Quote by Dave Brubeck
• 1 Mingus Quote by Eric Clapton
• 1 Mingus Quote by Lester Bangs
• 1 Mingus Quote by Jackie McLean
• 1 Mingus Quote by Robert Glasper