“Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of jazz musicians all doing heroin. That sh*t has been around a long time.” LongHas BeensRememberRocksMusicianLong TimeJazzBunchRock N RollJazz MusicHeroinJazz Musician Author:Lemmy Kilmister
“Jazz musicians can be great teachers of business. Their creativity is not dependent on their mood, it does not have to be coaxed out of them, it has nothing to do with the phases of the moon or even how they feel that day. They go on stage and start playing. Being creative is their job.” FeelsDoeJobsCreativityCreativeTeacherStageGoes OnMoonMusicianJazzMoodDependentPhasesBe CreativeJazz MusicGreat TeacherJazz MusicianPhases Of The Moon Author:John Kao
“Companies have to take risks to get new knowledge, in a manner similar to how jazz musicians take risks when they go after a new approach to a tune or a performance.” CompanyRiskApproachMusicianPerformancesJazzTunesJazz MusicJazz MusicianNew KnowledgeNew Approach Author:John Kao
“I read an interview with a Japanese freestyle jazz musician once, and he said something like, "Everything I'm going to tell you is not going to be true." He's not saying, "I'm trying to lie to you." But he's kind of saying that you can never say what something really is.” TryingKindSaidLyingMusicianJazzBeing TrueInterviewsJazz MusicJazz MusicianFreestyle Author:Paul Beatty
“There used to be a club in new york called Bradley's - I've never been there, it closed in the 80's - but I used to study with Junior Mance, and he would tell me about Bradley's. It was a very important place for a generation of jazz musicians in New York. It was really all about pianists there.” ImportantUsedStudyGenerationsNew YorkMusicianJazzClubsUsed To BeJuniorsJazz MusicPianistJazz Musician Author:Jose James
“People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky. It's a combination of right time, right place and having certain genes or a gimmick or whatever, but it's really not anything more than sugar. It tastes good and goes away fast.” PeopleCertainStarsPlayerRocksTasteLuckyMusicianJazzCombinationSugarGenesRight TimeOrchestraQualifiedRock StarJazz MusicRight PlaceJazz MusicianGimmicks Author:Gene Simmons
“Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.” ReasonComfortableMusicianJazzJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Miles Davis
“[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.” KnowsFeelsComfortableMusicianJazzJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Miles Davis
“I did, I was in Europe a lot. I would say, mid 20s to late 30s. Less so in the last ten or twelve years. Based on some political stuff and other things, I think I'm not the only musician, the only American jazz musician that's not going to Europe quite as much. I think we're seen a little differently in the world, unfortunately, than we were pre-Iraq invasion and things like that.” ThinkingWorldYearsLittlesLastsPoliticalStuffTenLateMusicianEuropeJazzIraqTwelveInvasionJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Jon Gordon
“Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may want to put a label on it, those who create it think of it just as music, and tend not to classify it.” ThinkingWorldArtMusicianMusic IsJazzJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Dave Brubeck
“Business today is all about improvisation, which is the essence of jazz. Perhaps in the past we could just follow the operating manual and do what we were told, but today the world is too complex and fast. Today it's all about real-time innovation and creativity. Individuals may get hired based on their resumes, but they'll get promoted and reach their dreams based on their ability to create. In that context, being a jazz musician was the best MBA I could have ever received.” WorldDreamTodayPastIndividualAbilityCreativityMusicianInnovationJazzJazz MusicImprovisationJazz Musician Author:Josh Linkner
“I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for a long time. I was training to be a jazz musician for quite a while. I never trained to be a classical composer or player, but I did train to play jazz.” LongPlayerMusicianTrainingTrainJazzComposerJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Jherek Bischoff
“All music now, I think, is fair game for jazz musicians to interpret, and they have been. I would consider those songs standards now. "Norwegian Wood" is a standard; "Call Me" is a standard.” ThinkingSongMusicianJazzCall MeJazz MusicNorwegian WoodJazz MusicianFair Game Author:Patricia Barber
“That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and other times be able to pull it all in and lay it down like a track.” SometimesCrazyProudMusicianJazzTrackJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Robert Glasper
“It might be David Adjaye talking about how the structure of jazz music informs his architecture, it might be the musician Terry Riley talking about how he thinks so much about cinema. I'd love to see more of a rupture between mediums and a flow between them.” ThinkingMusicianJazzArchitectureJazz Music Author:Doug Aitken
“Jazz musicians like John Coltrane needed these very clear titles for their abstract music, and your decision to bring voices into your music as a way to tap into content. It's related to the way my text-based work still functions as abstraction for me. If I repeat a sentence down a canvas, the text starts to smudge and disappear. It essentially becomes an abstract piece. The meaning of the text is still there.” DecisionMusicianJazzDisappearAbstractCanvasJazz MusicJazz MusicianColtrane Author:Glenn Ligon
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.” ArtFunnyTalkingMusicHumourMusicianMusic IsDancingJazzDanceArchitectureComedianArchitectMonkClassical MusicJazz MusicRock MusicJust DanceJazz MusicianWriting MusicDance MusicArt And MusicFunny MusicMusic And DanceModern ArchitectureClassic MusicSound And MusicFunny DancePiano MusicMusic WritingPlaying BassMusic Producer Author:Steve Martin
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.” IfsMenArtLinesMusicTeachMusicianMusic IsJazzMusicalBoundariesHornsJazz MusicGreat MusicHornyJazz MusicianInspirational MusicNo BoundariesArt And MusicArt MusicWorld MusicGreat MusicianBlues MusicFamous MusicianClassic MusicLive MusicMusic PracticeChristian MusicJazz And LifeWords And MusicGuitar MusicMusic ManNotes MusicFun MusicPerforming MusicProducing MusicVariety Of Music Author:Charlie Parker
“Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.” PlayMotivationalMusicMusicianHumorousJazzAfrican AmericanComposerJazz MusicPlaying MusicSaxophoneFunny MusicPlaying Jazz Author:Charlie Parker
“If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.” IfsArtRealityMusicMusicianJazzBoundariesConcertsComposerHornsJazz MusicPlaying MusicGreat MusicComposingHornyJazz MusicianInspirational MusicNo BoundariesWorld MusicGreat MusicianBlues MusicFamous MusicianMusic LoverClassic MusicLive MusicComposing MusicMusic PracticeChristian MusicJazz And LifeWords And MusicGuitar MusicPowerful MusicMusic ManJazz And BluesNotes MusicInstrumental MusicFun MusicMusic TherapyPerforming MusicCreative MusicProducing MusicTimeless MusicVariety Of Music Author:Charlie Parker
“Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.” MusicMusicianJazzSmellRock N RollJazz MusicJazz MusicianFunny MusicJazz RecordsFree Jazz Author:Frank Zappa
“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” SoundMusicMusicianMusic IsHumorousProfoundMusicalWittyInsaneClassicOperaClassical MusicJazz MusicWagnerArt And MusicFunny MusicGreat MusicianClassic MusicSound And MusicMusical LifeMusic TeacherFun MusicLiterature And MusicMusic Culture Author:Mark Twain
“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.” LongSaidImportantNightMemoriesMusicGoneMusicianSingingHotJazzFolksLong AgoYardsMoonlightJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Louis Armstrong