Quotes of: Jazz Keyword

I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested.

Courtney Barnett

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

Herbie Hancock

Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains

John Philip Sousa

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.

Daniel Boulud

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

Donald Fagen

Free form jazz means absolutely nothing to me. Because there are no boundaries.

Jon Lord

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

Pat Metheny

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

Philip Levine

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

Cassandra Wilson

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.

John Hughes

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

Norah Jones

I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales.

Nigel Kennedy

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

Renee Fleming

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

Robert Glasper

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

Don DeLillo

It's sort of what jazz would be if it stopped being snobby and what rock would be if it stopped being stupid.

Andy Partridge

Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.

Lucy Liu

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.

Charlie Haden

New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its excellences.

Tim Cahill

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

Wynton Marsalis

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.

Pat Metheny