Jazz Quote by Jan Hammer

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

— Toots Thielemans

My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.

— Jon Gordon

Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.

— Duke Ellington

Today Jazz music is performed & listened to by people of all ethnicity, backgrounds, ages & creeds.

— Michelle Obama

Sometimes I'll be in circles, and I'll say I'm a jazz singer, and they have no idea what that means.

— Gregory Porter

I love to sing. I never had any formal training. My mother is a singer, and I picked up listening to her.

— Nimrat Kaur

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like…

— Bruno Mars

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

— Len Cariou

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.

— Brandi Carlile

Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular…

— Caroline Corr

My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house…

— Len Cariou

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

— Whitney Houston