Jazz Quote by Leo Kottke Download Open image “All bad jazz sounds like Woody Woodpecker.” — Leo Kottke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad Jazz Jazz Jazz Sounds Like Woody Song Sound Woodpecker Woodpeckers Woody Woody Woodpecker
“The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with him, but… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“I don't get jazz. It always sounds like a bunch of toddlers let loose in a music room.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I always thought jazz was like the trunk of a tree. After the tree has grown, many branches have spread out. They're all with… — Earl Hines Copy Share Image
I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it. — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place. — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it. — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybody's attention in the same place. — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
Musically, I am still hooked and just hypnotized by the sound of the guitar itself. I mean, a guitar sounds good if you drop… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
With all these great (guitar teachers) around here, don't cop their licks, COP THEIR ATTITUDE. — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I do have a library of events I can talk about and I always expect to find a different point of view on it… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about… — Leo Kottke 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
