Big impact Quote by Stephen Bruner

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

— George Gershwin

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

— Nat Hentoff

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

I grew up in the funk, rock and roll, blues and r&b tradition, and I came to this thing we call jazz later. And…

— Hamid Drake

I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff,…

— Miroslav Vitous

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

— Dave Van Ronk

Yeah, I grew up playing lots of jazz music in school.

— Danny Carey

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

— Herbie Hancock

Very early on, I started improvising. I was more interested in the music that came out of me than any music I heard.

— Johann Johannsson

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

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

— Kenneth Rexroth

There's a jazz influence in my music in general.

— Alexandre Desplat