How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted and repressed; that the Negro, who has exemplified the humanities in his very existence, is being rewarded with inhumanity.
I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music. - Sonny Rollins
I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.
- Sonny Rollins
Jazz never ends... it just continues. - Sonny Rollins
Jazz never ends... it just continues.
I'm not supposed to be playing, the music is supposed to be playing me. I'm just supposed to be standing there with the horn, moving my fingers. The … - Sonny Rollins
I'm not supposed to be playing, the music is supposed to be playing me. I'm just supposed to be standing there with the horn, moving my fingers. The …
Improvisation is really not so much remembering things. And this is what I do when I play. I forget things. When I go on the stage, I want my mind to… - Sonny Rollins
Improvisation is really not so much remembering things. And this is what I do when I play. I forget things. When I go on the stage, I want my mind to…
No one is original. Everyone is derivative. - Sonny Rollins
No one is original. Everyone is derivative.
The thing is this: When I play, what I try to do is to reach my subconscious level. I don't want to overtly think about anything, because you can't t… - Sonny Rollins
The thing is this: When I play, what I try to do is to reach my subconscious level. I don't want to overtly think about anything, because you can't t…
I think music should be judged on what it is. It should be very high and above everything else. It is a beautiful way of bringing people together, a … - Sonny Rollins
I think music should be judged on what it is. It should be very high and above everything else. It is a beautiful way of bringing people together, a …
Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz. - Sonny Rollins
Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.
Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own. - Sonny Rollins
Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.
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