Concepts Quote by Wynton Marsalis

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

— George Strait

I just like any music to swing, no matter what it is.

— Van Morrison

We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.

— Walter Becker

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.

— John Goodman

I'm always honored to see my music and New Orleans Bounce make its way into mainstream culture.

— Big Freedia

I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push…

— Stone Gossard

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

— Willie Nelson

I was never particularly good at listening to people who tried to tell me what to do or not to do. I watched the…

— Laura Davies

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved.

— Natalia Vodianova

I was just born to swing, that's all.

— Lil Hardin Armstrong

Swing is so much more than a dance, it's a way of life. The music gets stuck in your mind and the dance is…

— Nicholas Hope