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Most Famous Jazz Quotes of All Time!

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Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.

Quotes by Billy Dee Williams

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

Quotes by Billy Higgins

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.

Quotes by Bill Laswell

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

Quotes by Benny Green

I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk and jazz.

Quotes by Bela Fleck

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

Quotes by Baz Luhrmann

Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age.

Quotes by Baz Luhrmann

Jazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions.

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

In college, I was able to be the vocalist for the jazz band at Arkansas State.

Quotes by Ashley McBryde

I love Rihanna's new album, Skrillex, and Norah Jones. They're are all very different, but I love any rock, pop, and jazz.

Quotes by Ashley Benson

You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in...

Quotes by Art Blakey

It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz.

Quotes by Archie Shepp

I'm a jazz performer - I have to improvise with what I'm given.

Quotes by Apollo Robbins

I listen to jazz and gospel... yeah that's basically what I listen to.

Quotes by Anwar Robinson

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

Quotes by Anita Diament

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

Quotes by Andy Summers

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

Quotes by Andy Summers

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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