Definite Quote by Count Basie

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

— Rick Derringer

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

I think I was supposed to play jazz.

— Herbie Hancock

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

— Andy Summers

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

— Andrew Bird

I followed the Jazz as a kid.

— Shawn Bradley

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

— Robert Barry

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life and you…

— Gregory Porter

I like jazz in all the ways that it is played.

— Bill Ward

I've always loved jazz.

— Rita Coolidge

Yeah, I grew up playing lots of jazz music in school.

— Danny Carey

I love playing jazz because I love the freedom you have to improvise. It has given me a feeling in my classical repertoire of…

— Julian Bream