Jazz Quote by Dexter Gordon Download Open image “Jazz is an octopus. It will take whatever it can use and it will work with it.” — Dexter Gordon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz
I'm talking about noise rock. I don't think that noise rock element belongs in jazz. It's not for me anyway; it just doesn't fit. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Jazz is an endless source of ideas, because you can use anything. You can play operatic arias. You can incorporate them into jazz. You… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player. — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't.… — Kenny G Copy Share Image
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it. — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
Jazz is a fighter. The word 'jazz' means to me, 'I dare you. Let's jump into the unknown!' — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity,… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it). — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
