"The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz." — John Lewis

"The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz."

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46 Quotes by John Lewis

John Lewis has 46 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was…
We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution…
I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.
I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up…
We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this…
Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie,…
When I was 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when…
If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and…
We live in a country where we're supposed to have freedom of the press and religious freedom, but I think…
You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw…
When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

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More Jazz Quotes

This quote is filed under Jazz Quotes, one of 1,344 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
You blows who you is. — Louis Armstrong
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. — Louis Armstrong
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right… — Johann Sebastian Bach
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything… — Travis Barker
And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. — Travis Barker
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. — Warren G. Bennis
I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I… — Steven Adler

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