Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end..
Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was something that sounded good when play….
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking..
My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require..
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even st….
Rests always sound well..
Art is my God, Music is my religion..
I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea..
There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? Ho….
When I write songs I write for myself...I'm writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that responds to music th….
The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control….
I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to….
I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that some common bond mak….
In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African..
There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bi….
Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains..
I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me ….
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for atomic energy, 'Cause none of them can stop the t….
Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music..
I'm all in favor of getting grants for musicians. Or any other good brand of Scotch..
I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal..