Art Quote by Richie Havens

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

— Cy Coleman

I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get…

— Eric Burdon

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

— Kenneth Rexroth

“I started going to jazz clubs in New York when I was twelve or thirteen, first with my older cousins Mike and Jack, and…

— Donald Fagen

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

— Dave Van Ronk

I have never been in a band. But in my grand day of cabaret at Les Deux Cafes, I was doing this poetry of…

— Michele Lamy

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working…

— Sonny Rollins

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of jazz of…

— Alexis Korner

I was exposed to jazz early on.

— Mark White

I'm not a jazz musician, because, I mean, firstly, I can't play anything. I'm not bad on the tamborine. I have a certain way…

— Michael Buble

I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

— Nina Simone

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson