Never lose the groove to find a note..
In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet..
I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived..
Jazz groups have to make a living any way..
I like to know for whom I'm writing - it makes the composition easier to do..
You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means..
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself..
There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it, you just enjoy it..
The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances..
There are three virtuous styles of music; classical, jazz and heavy metal. I do love classical music but I don't listen to it much anymore and I neve….
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone..
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz..
A genius is the one most like himself..
He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz..
Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul..
Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music..
Are you kidding? That's the music of the spheres, commissar. It's beautiful. Like old jazz..
I play in a jazz sextet. So I don't have time to do a lot of conventions. The good thing is, when I do them, it does puts me back in touch with the p….
I went to North Texas State, one of the great jazz schools. When I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I switched my major to English and thea….
I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong..
Modern music is as dangerous as narcotics..