Jazz Quotes - Page 17

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

Jazz stands for freedom.

I don't dig staying in one groove.

Jazz is the language of the emotions.

Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

Blow your life through your horn.

We're here to have a ball.

Bebop was like humming along to Mitch Miller to me.

Ninety-five percent of my audience was white.

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

The bandstand is a sacred place.

A beat is a moment in the life a groove.

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.

Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

I learn something new every day.

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it.