Band Quote by Illinois Jacquet

I remember when I first rocked in it was a great big dance hall and Tommy Young was blowing trombone and Louis [Armstrong] was…

— Gordon Lightfoot

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

— Joan Jett

There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential…

— Scott Yanow

When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was…

— Kacey Musgraves

I was 16 years old, and I was just flailing around, looking for an interest. I heard, you know, these jazz records. They were…

— Harvey Pekar

When I was about 14, I went to see Cream play. I thought they were the best band in the world.

— Gary Moore

“I started going to jazz clubs in New York when I was twelve or thirteen, first with my older cousins Mike and Jack, and…

— Donald Fagen

I came out with my five-piece group and opened at Billy Burke's Swing Oar. This was when Hollywood was really jumpin'. This was when…

— Scatman Crothers

When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had this old Dixieland band play, and…

— Thomas Gibson

Since I was growing up, I liked love songs - Smokey Robinson, Sam Cooke. That was the kind of songs getting the girls dancing.

— Gregory Isaacs

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

— Andy Summers

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with…

— Ann Beattie