Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. Votes: 6
Nina SimoneJazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties. Votes: 3
Martin Luther King, Jr.Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America. Votes: 3
Ken BurnsJazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles. Votes: 3
Andrew S. GilbertMusic represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life. Votes: 3
Sonny RollinsJazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions. Votes: 3
Barbara JanuszkiewiczJazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life. Votes: 3
Lester BowieJazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals. Votes: 3
Max de PreeNothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. Votes: 3
Wynton MarsalisSo much of Jazz doesn't have an audience other than music students or musicians. Votes: 3
Branford MarsalisJazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart. Votes: 3
Willie "The Lion" SmithJazz has endured because it doesn't have a beginning or an ending. It's a moment. Votes: 3
Robert AltmanToday Jazz music is performed & listened to by people of all ethnicity, backgrounds, ages & creeds. Votes: 3
Michelle ObamaJazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content. Votes: 3
Booker LittleJazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains. Votes: 3
John Philip SousaIt is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment. Votes: 3
Pat MethenyJazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society. Votes: 3
Tom HarrellJazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains Votes: 3
John Philip SousaFitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age. Votes: 3
Baz LuhrmannJazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century, Votes: 3
Herbie HancockJazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all. Votes: 3
Esperanza SpaldingJazz changes and all. But I don't know the names of what it is I'm doing. Votes: 3
Stevie Ray VaughanJazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct. Votes: 3
Duke EllingtonJazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine. Votes: 3
Artie ShawJazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz. Votes: 3
Marc RibotJazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music. Votes: 3
Toots ThielemansHoly flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America. Votes: 3
Jack KerouacJazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music. Votes: 3
Jan GarbarekI don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it. Votes: 3
Thelonious MonkI never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic. Votes: 3
Miles Davis[Jazz musicians ] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing. Votes: 3
Van MorrisonA Jazz man should be saying what he feels: humor, sadness, joy... all the things that humans have. Votes: 3
Bob BrookmeyerAs long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz. Votes: 3
Lee KonitzJazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively. Votes: 3
Mulgrew MillerJazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music. Votes: 3
David SanbornI'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that. Votes: 3
Renee FlemingThey say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back. Votes: 3
Art BlakeyI lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends. Votes: 3
Cathy FreemanI hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. Votes: 3
Lester BangsJazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions. Votes: 3
Johnny GriffinI loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley. Votes: 3
Bryan FerryJazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you. Votes: 3
Pat MethenyJazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. Votes: 3
Herbie HancockJazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world. Votes: 3
Ahmad AlaadeenJazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me. Votes: 3
Justin GuariniI'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice. Votes: 3
Cassandra WilsonHe's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz. Votes: 3
Oscar Peterson[Jazz singing] is like pornography. You can't say what it is, but you know it when you see it. Votes: 3
Kurt EllingJazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. Votes: 3
Nina SimoneJazz was a bomb. That was also the low point of Mac sales. People had just written it off. Votes: 3
Mitch KaporJazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ordinary ones. Votes: 3
Cab CallowayJazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much. Votes: 3
Chris BarberJazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend. Votes: 3
George GershwinChange is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music. Votes: 2
Maynard FergusonThe thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. Votes: 2
Miles DavisIt pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. Votes: 2
Herbie HancockWhat I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on. Votes: 2
Gerry MulliganThere's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that. Votes: 0
Jan GarbarekPeople are already worrying about the ball moving around and all that jazz. Votes: 0
Mahela JayawardeneSymphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style. Votes: 0
Gunther SchullerComedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other. Votes: 0
David SteinbergI started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs Votes: 0
Lenny BreauNorth Texas is by far the most serious minded jazz program I have encountered. Votes: 0
Dave LiebmanI understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. Votes: 0
Van Morrisonjazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force. Votes: 0
Anais NinScott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music... Votes: 0
Kurt RosenwinkelOnce you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues. Votes: 0
John MayallWe're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? Votes: 0
Ken BurnsLike democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything. Votes: 0
Susan RiceIf you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial. Votes: 0
Herbie MannI've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to. Votes: 0
Oprah WinfreyIt was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band. Votes: 0
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituAs far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music. Votes: 0
Edgar WinterThe jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. Votes: 0
Buddy GuyPlayer for player, thereâs â¨no better working band in jazz than The Cookers. Votes: 0
Andy GilbertBetween Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky. Votes: 0
Patrick StumpPain can be washed out with a song. / Pain can become jazz digested and transformed. Votes: 0
Alexis De VeauxI love opera. I love jazz, especially Mingus. This makes me sound highbrow. I'm not. Votes: 0
Phil KlayThe whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise. Votes: 0
Kenny GIf a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him. Votes: 0
Wes MontgomeryI love dancing, actually. My mother taught children's dance, ballet, tap, jazz...I'm very flexible. Votes: 0
Michael AngaranoI wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. Votes: 0
Norah JonesA lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? Votes: 0
Robert GlasperIf you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation. Votes: 0
Henry ThreadgillThere are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. Votes: 0
David AntinAre you kidding? That's the music of the spheres, commissar. It's beautiful. Like old jazz. Votes: 0
Peter WattsI'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. Votes: 0
Norman GranzThe enthusiasm, the adulation for us as jazz artists, in Kiev and Odessa was really heartwarming. Votes: 0
Paul HornI got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18. Votes: 0
Roy HarperSomehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself. Votes: 0
Duke EllingtonI feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style. Votes: 0
Robert GlasperI played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested. Votes: 0
Courtney BarnettI love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk. Votes: 0
John LescroartToday jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians. Votes: 0
Toots ThielemansMarijuana is taken by musicians. And I'm not speaking about good musicians, but the jazz type... Votes: 0
Harry J. AnslingerThe numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations. Votes: 0
David FirstI've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player. Votes: 0
Karen BlackI don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself. Votes: 0
Chet BakerThe day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. Votes: 0
Maynard FergusonI love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing. Votes: 0
Chris CarterYou know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz. Votes: 0
Ahmet ErtegunThere are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz. Votes: 0
Herbie HancockI don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation. Votes: 0
George ShearingMy style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players. Votes: 0
Donald FagenI've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player Votes: 0
Karen BlackHopefully, we learn to appreciate hip-hop here so that it doesn't go the way of jazz. Votes: 0
Talib KweliNew York seems conducted by jazz, animated by it. It is essentially a city of rhythm. Votes: 0
Anais NinAmores Perros' is rock, '21 Grams' is jazz, 'Babel' is an opera, and 'Biutiful' is a requiem. Votes: 0
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituI listen to instrumental jazz and bluegrass, but aside from my AM workout, I have no rituals. Votes: 0
David B. CoeI was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since. Votes: 0
Nat HentoffGospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say. Votes: 0
Mahalia JacksonIt was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style. Votes: 0
Nile RodgersWhen I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz. Votes: 0
Jose JamesThere is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz. Votes: 0
Robert GlasperWhoever invented smooth jazz, man, I wanna kill 'em: You're turning an art form into a hooker. Votes: 0
Phil WoodsMy father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz. Votes: 0
Kieran HebdenWhen I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues Votes: 0
Ray DaviesI don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. Votes: 0
Norman GranzWhen I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find. Votes: 0
Norman GranzThe law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble. Votes: 0
Sara SheridanIf you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player. Votes: 0
Gunther SchullerAs a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. Votes: 0
Julie AndrewsThe beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities. Votes: 0
Pat MethenyMy mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy, Votes: 0
Etta JamesTo me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit. Votes: 0
Robert FrippI find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz. Votes: 0
John ScofieldFor me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level. Votes: 0
Scott HendersonAs jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars. Votes: 0
Donald FagenI am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all. Votes: 0
Ruben StuddardI'm really not this jazz traditionalist guy you've been making me out to be all of these years. Votes: 0
Christian McBrideI have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on. Votes: 0
Ted KingMany jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing. Votes: 0
Sonny RollinsJane Monheit is skyrocketing up the jazz charts. By next year, we won't be able to get her. Votes: 0
Jane MonheitI don't get jazz. It always sounds like a bunch of toddlers let loose in a music room. Votes: 0
Libba Bray...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing. Votes: 0
Pat MethenyBlues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. Votes: 0
Christina Aguilerathe French write plays and paint as naturally as we play jazz - it's just a national gift. Votes: 0
Alice B. ToklasI don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. Votes: 0
Norman GranzI just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet. Votes: 0
Van MorrisonI'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway. Votes: 0
Deborah MoggachI think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine. Votes: 0
Kenny GI listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. Votes: 0
Lee KonitzI love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid. Votes: 0
Mario VazquezGrowing up playing jazz and improvising has had a big impact on me, and it translates into my music. Votes: 0
Stephen BrunerWhat I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it. Votes: 0
Dexter GordonI'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks. Votes: 0
Phoebe SnowFor me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Votes: 0
Francoise SaganHere in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz. Votes: 0
Chris BarberIt's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way. Votes: 0
Gerry MulliganHip-hop is mostly what I listen to, other than jazz. I've given up on pop music and indie rock. Votes: 0
Jess RowI can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried. Votes: 0
Keke PalmerI am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena. Votes: 0
Boz ScaggsI think people never hear what they say, and speech is a mocking sound instead of a jazz concert. Votes: 0
Mike BassI had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiOne thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you? Votes: 0
Bix BeiderbeckeThe jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. Votes: 0
Mose AllisonI have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz. Votes: 0
Jasper FfordeMy music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it. Votes: 0
Neil YoungColtrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. Votes: 0
Colin GreenwoodWhen I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs. Votes: 0
Molly RingwaldI wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz. Votes: 0
Norah JonesI cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. Votes: 0
Dave Van RonkIf I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz. Votes: 0
Keith JarrettEn general, el jazz siempre ha sido como el tipo de hombre que no te gustaría para tu hija
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