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Most Famous Jazz Quotes of All Time!

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My style is a little quirky. I can't play as fast as most professional jazz players.

Quotes by Donald Fagen

If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope when compared to the rest of music in the world.

Quotes by Don Ellis

I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.

Quotes by Doc Severinsen

I love Marvin Gaye. I like jazz and all that stuff.

Quotes by Diplo

I wouldn't call myself a jazz player or a blues player.

Quotes by Dickey Betts

Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

Quotes by Dianne Reeves

I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements involved.

Quotes by Dianne Reeves

My foundation is jazz. I do all the things jazz musicians do.

Quotes by Dianne Reeves

Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage.

Quotes by Dianne Reeves

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

Quotes by Dexter Gordon

In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

Quotes by Dexter Gordon

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

Quotes by Debra Wilson

I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

Quotes by Deborah Moggach

I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew...

Quotes by Debi Mazar

Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

Quotes by David Steinberg

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?

Quotes by David Sanborn

Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.

Quotes by David Sanborn

I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or music from all parts of the world.

Quotes by David Sanborn

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

Quotes by David Baker

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

Quotes by David Amram

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "jazz" quotes cover?
It ranges from a late, intimidated introduction to jazz, to a frank admission of not being a big fan, an eclectic listening habit, and a simple statement of musical identity.
Does a quote describe coming to jazz late?
Yes: "I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly."
Is there a quote admitting to not liking jazz much?
Yes: "I'm not a big jazz fan."
Does a quote describe a mix of musical tastes?
Yes: "I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends."
Is there a simple, direct statement about jazz?
Yes: "My music is jazz." See the Blues collection for a related genre.

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