Fame Quote by Paul Smoker

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.

— Ahmet Ertegun

The musicians in Chicago gave me my vocation, but New York calls to a jazz musician, for sure. You want to test your mettle.

— Kurt Elling

I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting…

— Wynton Marsalis

I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think about doing some kind of weird jazz…

— Kim Gordon

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have…

— Tony Bennett

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

— Kurt Elling

I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a…

— Charlie Haden

Moving to L.A. and making albums was an exciting outlet, but I always thought I'd be slumming it job to job in N.Y.C. with…

— Kirstin Maldonado

Someday, I hope to do a jazz club tour.

— Lauren Daigle

I want to stay with the Jazz.

— Rudy Gobert

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

— Sonny Rollins

Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.

— Common