Play Jazz Quotes
14 quotes by 14 authors
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I can only be me. I do what I do, I'm not a jazz player. ... I don't play jazz standards, at least not in…
— Jorma Kaukonen
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Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.
— Thelonious Monk
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As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process…
— Wynton Marsalis
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I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus…
— Doc Severinsen
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If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to…
— Kevin Eubanks
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I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything
— Marian McPartland
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You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?
— Charlie Watts
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Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the…
— Dave Brubeck
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I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.
— Ginger Baker
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In order to play jazz, you have to be able to play the blues.
— Robert Cray
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In order for a musician to grow, he's got to pay his dues. Some musicians ask me, 'well, what do you mean? You're saying I…
— Woody Shaw
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I think I was supposed to play jazz.
— Herbie Hancock
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My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned…
— Etta James
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Rather than say I play Jazz, I simply say I play music.
— Kenny Garrett
Who Wrote These Play Jazz Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 14 Play Jazz Quotes as follows: