Experience Quote by Philip Bailey

I had not been in the jazz environment, having been brought up in the church. But once I got to New York, and I…

— Aretha Franklin

I studied jazz at home with my grandparents. They always had jazz dudes at the house, but I didn't study formally. I just hung…

— Madlib

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

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

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians…

— Jane Siberry

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way.…

— Kurt Elling

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

— Cy Coleman

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk

I did jazz dance for a few years.

— Sharon Van Etten

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's…

— Dave Brubeck

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

My dad's also a musician, so jazz was always around the house. When I was 11, I developed an interest in it, and he…

— Kamasi Washington