- Certain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz Quotes
Coming to jazz early, late, or not much at all.
This set is candidly mixed on jazz - one voice regrets missing it young and finding it intimidating later, another admits to just not being a big fan. See Blues quotes for a closely related genre.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joe Sample was one of my heroes. I met him at the Curacao Jazz festival, and I fanned out like he was the Beatles!
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I listened to jazz was when I was 8.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was supposed to play jazz.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz is about being in the moment.
- Emphasized
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- Nov 07, 2020