“Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.” Quote by Ahmad Alaadeen
“Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.” MusicJazzMusicalDustMemorableJazz MusicDay LifeJazz And LifeJazz Age Author:Art Blakey
“The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's changing the music, and for the better.” PeopleTodayMusicRocksHealthyJazzMusicalFolksBackgroundsComing Out Author:Billy Taylor
“This is positively not an album to play while you do a doctorate thesis on "Bergson, Webern and Charles the Vicious, Paradox or Ambiguity?"” PlayMusicJazzMusicalAlbumsParadoxViciousPositivelyAmbiguityThesisDoctoratesWebern Author:Bob Brookmeyer
“There are people who have money and people who are rich.” PeopleWealthMoneyRichRichesMore MoneyRichnessRich PeopleNo MoneyBeing RichTime And MoneyRich MoneyWise MoneyBest MoneyOld MoneyMoney And HappinessGreatest WealthMoney Is The Root Of All EvilElegant WomanLove And MoneyTrue RichesSuccess And MoneyValuable TimeMoney Is Evil Author:Coco Chanel
“The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you're swept away by it you can't wait to do it again and the same magical moments always come.” IfsWholeMomentsWaitingMusicMusic IsJazzMusicalJazz MusicSwept AwayMagical Moments Author:Bobby Hutcherson
“My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content, on what might be termed humanity in music and the freedom to say all that you want.” WantShouldFeelingsMightHumanityMy OwnMusicEmotionalStressJazzMusicalExhibitionismLess Stress Author:Booker Little
“Not to deny that it is a thinking people's music, but when I listen to music if I ever catch myself thinking, I'm in trouble--I know something is wrong.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMusicTroubleJazzMusicalDenyListening To Music Author:Brian Blade
“Hipness is not a state of mind, It's a fact of life!” MindStatesFactsMusicJazzMusicalState Of MindFacts Of LifeJazz And Life Author:Cannonball Adderley
“What's interesting about a person without problems?” PersonsProblemInterestingMusicJazzMusical Author:Carla Bley
“Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.” AbilityMusicJazzMusicalOneselfImprovisationJazz Improvisation Author:Cecil Taylor