Jazz Quote by Robert Altman Download Open image “Jazz has endured because it doesn't have a beginning or an ending. It's a moment.” — Robert Altman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Moments Time
I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct… — Cannonball Adderley Copy Share Image
We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Jazz is like the universe: it's been expanding since its creation and it's connected to everything. — Jonathan Batiste Copy Share Image
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. — Chet Baker Copy Share Image
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I've had it-the agencies, the winking, the networks, the ratings. Anyone who thinks TV is an art medium is crazy-it's an advertising medium. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to cover every… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I never knew what I wanted, except that it was something I hadn't seen before. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
People have asked me throughout the years which directors have influenced me. I don't know their names, because I was mostly influenced when I'd… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Happy endings are absolutely ludicrous, they're not true at all. We see the guy carry the girl across the threshold and everybody lives happily… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
The artist and the multitude are natural enemies. They always will be, both ways. The artist is an enemy of the multitude, and the… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I've never had a big hit movie. "MASH" was probably the biggest. I don't make those kind of films, and I never have. I… — Robert Altman 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
