Jazz Quote by Laufey Download Open image “I'll take any opportunity to kind of put my own spin on a jazz standard.” — Laufey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Jazz Standard Kind Kind Spin My own Opportunity Opportunity Kind Own Spin Jazz
Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances. — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me. — Justin Guarini 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
I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record. — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I knew I was half Chinese, but Iceland is so homogenous that I wasn't able to identify with the Asian part of myself. Even… — Laufey Copy Share Image
A large portion of my audience is younger - audiences that would primarily listen to pop music otherwise - so the fact that they're… — Laufey Copy Share Image
Love is the one thing that everybody goes through, but nobody really has cracked the code, right? — Laufey Copy Share Image
I think it's always so magical when there's some sort of thing like that where an artist contributes musically, but also has a role… — Laufey Copy Share Image
Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians. — Laufey Copy Share Image
It is a funny thing to step on stage and wear beautiful clothing and lots of makeup and stand in front of thousands of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what are genres? I've spent my whole life trying to fit into some sort of box. Am I… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I'm very clearly a girl that spends a lot of time on the Internet, just like every other sad girl. — Laufey Copy Share Image
TikTok gives an artist a voice. I'm very careful to be very authentic on there - everything I do comes from me, nobody ever… — Laufey Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
