Quotes for All
Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music. A musician’s responsibility is to get as much of his art across as possible. Musicians used to be kept when only the rich could afford art, but now practically everyone can afford radios, … Read more
Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Air Force, which was a pretty standard way for people to get some kind of musical education in those days. Evan Parker
I fear that I won’t get better and that I won’t have time to practice. To be called a jazz musician – it’s a big responsibility. Esperanza Spalding
Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny. Frank Zappa
Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance. Francoise Sagan
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with. Duke Ellington
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right. Duke Ellington
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington
I actually wanted to be a jazz musician first. My grandparents introduced me to Louis Armstrong. I loved Louis Armstrong so I took up the trumpet and just did that every day and practiced that. Douglas Booth