Jazz Quote by Rawi Hage Download Open image ““Jazz and vodka, the fuel of resistance.”” — Rawi Hage ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Resistance Vodka
“I took a sip from my second martini, feeling as decadent as one of those jazz piano players who smoke a lot and drink… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Vodka was a liquid cultural yardstick, an eighty-proof vehicle of escape from the socialist daily grind.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Music. Wine. A cigar. The small luxuries of life are how we survive what the mind can’t fathom.” — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“This is why the classical of the jazz music station plays? to give a ground of meaning to our pain?” — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“Do not even suggest jazz. I saw Newsies and was traumatized for, like, five years.” — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Jazz is a fighter. The word 'jazz' means to me, 'I dare you. Let's jump into the unknown!' — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
“It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were… — Martin Cruz Smith Copy Share Image
Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always read. He… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“Poor Mary. They married her to Jesus, and Jesus is an asexual circumcised revolutionary. What future is there to be had in that scenario?” — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“We are all the products and victims of our own upbringing, until we reflect, refuse, and rebel.” — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“God created each one of us with a light inside. I’ve had sex with all kinds of people; every single person has a kind… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“So long, I replied, may we all have one good flight before we rest among flowers and the orbits of hungry worms.” — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“Everything about her seems to be saying, Listen, if you don’t look attentively, if you don’t go beyond my simplicity to detect the simmering… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“Fiction is overrated, Fly. We’ve discussed this. In the time it takes those novelist fuckers to contemplate a few poetic passages, a thousand kids… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“The moon should be colonised, I thought. Mankind should seek a happier beginning, and humans should be free to stroll hand in hand regardless… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“What the fuck is legal in this universe? Stars eat each other, wolves eat the pigs, and Grandma fucks over Little Red Riding Hood.” — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“Miller is overrated. Ninety percent of his writing is incomprehensible, and incantation of the word cunt does not make you a sexual liberator.” — Rawi Hage 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
