“When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.” Quote by Eldar Djangirov
“I grew up in Kansas City from when I was about two years old to my mid-teens. Kansas City at the time was an amazing place, because there was so much music going on there. As a kid, I was playing there all the time and learning a lot about music.” Kids Author:Eldar Djangirov
“I had an opportunity to start going around the world when I was about 18 years old. So, I did. That's one of the things that I was doing.” WorldOpportunity Author:Eldar Djangirov
“Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with.” PeopleInspireMusician Author:Eldar Djangirov
“As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the record that I made called Virtue, there was a wonderful band and a wonderful drummer by the name of Ludwig Afonso and a wonderful bass player by the name of Armando Gola.” PeopleVirtuePlayerWonderfulInspiredDrummer Author:Eldar Djangirov
“"Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word for it. Jazz is a process. Jazz is a creative process. It's not so much a genre, but a way of expression.” CreativeWorstMusicianJazzCreative ProcessBad Word Author:Eldar Djangirov
“The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.” PeopleJazz Author:Eldar Djangirov
“I'd rather call it "instrumental creative music," especially the music that I've been doing. If a person would hear that music, they would undoubtedly call it "jazz." There is this whole generation of musicians that are playing and thinking critically for themselves and making music that's relevant to today. I hope that's the objective of a lot of musicians.” ThinkingTodayCreativeMusicianJazzRelevant Author:Eldar Djangirov
“I started playing classical music, and I still do. I think music ultimately is kind of on a theoretical level, is about collecting and learning as much vocabulary as possible. It's kind of like writing. It's kind of like writing because the more you read, the more you hear people describe things. The more you soak in, as far as vocabulary, the more access you have in order to express yourself accurately and vividly.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindTheoreticalClassical MusicExpress Yourself Author:Eldar Djangirov
“Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself.” Music IsExpress Yourself Author:Eldar Djangirov
“As someone who has been asked to ask David Lynch what his movies mean for 25 years, I'm very careful about asking artists what their art means.” MeanArtArtistCareful Author:Laura Dern