Gift Quote by Kamasi Washington

Every day we're here is an opportunity to do what we can to make the world right, to help someone close or far from…

— Kamasi Washington

I was hearing music in my head and trying to play it on the clarinet, but it didn't match.' Then, literally the first day,…

— Kamasi Washington

So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.

— Kamasi Washington

It's either, like, 'Your album was the first jazz album I listened to,' or, like, 'My friend took me to this show, and I've…

— Kamasi Washington

This precious thing of empathy and love and understanding is something we have to hold and appreciate and protect.

— Kamasi Washington

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

— Kamasi Washington

We learned at a young age, with our dad, that even if you weren't doing something, you had to look like you were, or…

— Kamasi Washington

West Coast hip hop was the sound of my neighbourhood. It was something I could relate to because it had a sound that felt…

— Kamasi Washington

We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But I think…

— Kamasi Washington

In the '80s, a lot of kids, if you were kind of bright, you got bussed to schools out of your community. So you…

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.

— Kamasi Washington

At a certain point, when there's a barrier between you and what's right, eventually you have to decide you're not going to allow yourself…

— Kamasi Washington