Cutting Quote by Van Morrison

Even though I'm a jazz-trained drummer, I cut my teeth playing rock.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

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

— John Otto

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

— Dave Van Ronk

I'm a rock drummer. I couldn't sit down and pretend to be a jazz drummer.

— Vinnie Paul

It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people being super,…

— Damien Chazelle

I did everything I could to not be a musician

— Dhani Harrison

I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

— Robert Barry

I always wanted to make rock music as well or as an element of what I do.

— Princess Nokia

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

— David Bowie

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

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

See, in the rock bands and stuff I was in, I'd always been a fairly animated performer, but when I played jazz, I wasn't…

— Jamie Cullum