Jazz Quotes - Page 12

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.

I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.

I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician.

I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere.

They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just talk to me without all that question bit.

In jazz, as in poetry, there is always that play between what’s regular and what’s wild. That has always appealed to me.

What about a blues in W, in the key of W.

I am the worlds laziest writer.

I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument.

There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it, you just enjoy it.

I strive for honesty in playing what I feel.

It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.

Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.

One never knows, do one?

Listen to her voice, don't look at her.

If you believe, you will. If you don't, you won't.

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it.

Jazz is an octopus. It will take whatever it can use and it will work with it.

It's always fun to talk about jazz.

Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.