“I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.” Quote by Charles Mingus
“Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.” WayFeelsWritingPlayForgetMusicJazzJazz MusicPlaying JazzForget About Me Author:Charles Mingus
“I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself.” MusicPiecesJazzFormulas Author:Thelonious Monk
“I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.” KnowsMusicJazzDefinitionsMonkJazz Music Author:Thelonious Monk
“Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge.” IfsKindMayMusicStyleMusic IsJazzCompositionJazz Music Author:Jelly Roll Morton
“It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year 1902.” YearsKnownMusicHappenedJazzCreatorContradictionNew OrleansCradle Author:Jelly Roll Morton
“Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.” PlayBornMusicHeardJazzChordsHigh Notes Author:Charlie Parker
“I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.” ThinkingSometimesPlayMusicJazzBounds Author:Charlie Parker