Because Quote by Manfred Mann

I listened to Buddy Rich a lot, and also to guys like Clive Bunker, the original drummer from Jethro Tull. All these guys had…

— Marky Ramone

I was co-editor of the magazine called The Jazz Review, which was a pioneering magazine because it was the only magazine, then or now,…

— Nat Hentoff

I'm a rock drummer. I couldn't sit down and pretend to be a jazz drummer.

— Vinnie Paul

“ORIGIN OF JAZZ It was 1906. People were coming and going as usual along Perdido Street in a poor neighborhood of New Orleans. A…

— Eduardo Galeano

I had to put me foot down with the first record company. It was about 1975, when singers were being given names like Gary…

— Chris Rea

I belonged to the Columbia Record Club, and that's where my records came from. For some reason, I was in the 'jazz' category. I…

— Leon Russell

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were…

— Wallace Shawn

I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things.

— Dianne Reeves

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I…

— Buddy Rich

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call…

— Duke Ellington

I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians.

— Michael Connelly

My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more…

— Bill Crow