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Jazz Musician Quotes

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary Picture Quote #1

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It’s not like I’m cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do Picture Quote #1

If you’re making money people don’t think you’re playing Jazz. When you’re not making money they think you’re a great Jazz musician Picture Quote #1

Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician Picture Quote #1

I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I’ve done some background vocals for recording artists Picture Quote #1

In classical music, love is based on bitin’ -- imitation. It’s not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else’s song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement Picture Quote #1

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To date, [Wynton] Marsalis has received a total of nine Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize (the first ever awarded to a jazz musician)... and twenty-nine honorary degrees, including Columbia, Brown, Princeton and Yale; the National Medal of Arts; and numerous awards from other countries Picture Quote #1

Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don’t pay attention to the youth of jazz, don’t stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the 70s Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Many an American jazz musician has been beguiled by the lush melodies and sumptuous rhythms of Brazilian music, but Peter Sprague has taken the romance a good deal further than most Picture Quote #1

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden! Picture Quote #1

I don’t think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man Picture Quote #1

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It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice Picture Quote #1

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges Picture Quote #1

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician Picture Quote #1

The jazz musician’s function is to feel Picture Quote #1

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician Picture Quote #1

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night Picture Quote #1

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Jazz musicians have some outlaw in them somewhere Picture Quote #1

I’ve been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life Picture Quote #1

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? Picture Quote #1

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music Picture Quote #1

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most Picture Quote #1

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician Picture Quote #1

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I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music Picture Quote #1

Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician Picture Quote #1

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago Picture Quote #1

If he’s a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician Picture Quote #1

I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves Picture Quote #1

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear Picture Quote #1

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I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary. (Jazz Musician Quotes) I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It’s not like I’m cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do (Jazz Musician Quotes) If you’re making money people don’t think you’re playing Jazz. When you’re not making money they think you’re a great Jazz musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I’ve done some background vocals for recording artists (Jazz Musician Quotes) In classical music, love is based on bitin’ -- imitation. It’s not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else’s song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement (Jazz Musician Quotes) To date, [Wynton] Marsalis has received a total of nine Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize (the first ever awarded to a jazz musician)... and twenty-nine honorary degrees, including Columbia, Brown, Princeton and Yale; the National Medal of Arts; and numerous awards from other countries (Jazz Musician Quotes) Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don’t pay attention to the youth of jazz, don’t stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the 70s (Jazz Musician Quotes) 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. (Jazz Musician Quotes) Many an American jazz musician has been beguiled by the lush melodies and sumptuous rhythms of Brazilian music, but Peter Sprague has taken the romance a good deal further than most. (Jazz Musician Quotes) Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden! (Jazz Musician Quotes) I don’t think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man (Jazz Musician Quotes) It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice (Jazz Musician Quotes) A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges (Jazz Musician Quotes) The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) The jazz musician’s function is to feel (Jazz Musician Quotes) In my view a jazz musician is a great musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night (Jazz Musician Quotes) Jazz musicians have some outlaw in them somewhere (Jazz Musician Quotes) I’ve been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life (Jazz Musician Quotes) A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? (Jazz Musician Quotes) At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music (Jazz Musician Quotes) It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most (Jazz Musician Quotes) I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music (Jazz Musician Quotes) Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago (Jazz Musician Quotes) If he’s a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician (Jazz Musician Quotes) I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves (Jazz Musician Quotes) Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear (Jazz Musician Quotes)

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