Barometer Quote by Duke Ellington Download Open image “Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.” — Duke Ellington ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Barometer Freedom Inspirational Jazz Love
Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century, — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis… — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively. — Mulgrew Miller Copy Share Image
Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty and freedom… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . . the… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
“New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to… — Joe Greene Copy Share Image
This sentiment of self-contempt is a frequent one in young people of both sexes. Their valuation of themselves varies as much as the barometer,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
My body and its condition are a barometer that is always trying to tell me which direction to go for my maximum creativity, health… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
I can assure you that everyone that talks to me doesn't share my views. I seem to be a barometer of public opinion. — Cory Bernardi Copy Share Image
Day by day. No yesterdays and no tomorrows. The barometer never changes, the flag is always at half-mast. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
No matter how you feel about your extended family or family gatherings you will be attending. This is because now the ultimate reason for… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Children, like dogs, have so sharp and fine a scent that they detect and hunt out everything--the bad before all the rest. They also… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed.… — Charles Kelley Copy Share Image
When there's something that impacts a family member or friend, that is difficult for them, you want to do what you can to help.… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
