Jazz Quotes

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“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."” (Aaron Copland)

“A master drummer must have seven eyes.” (African proverb)

“Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.” (Art Blakey)  “Jazz is a mental attitude rather than a style. It uses a certain process of the mind expressed spontaneously through some musical instrument. I'm concerned with retaining that process.” (Bill Evans)

“One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?” (Bix Beiderbecke)

“Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.” (Carmen McRae)

“...don't think of yourself as a jazz musician. Think of yourself as a human being who plays music.” (Charlie Haden)

“Only play what you hear. If you don't hear anything, don't play anything.” (Chick Corea)

“Jazz is like a great void, it waits patiently until a brave musician takes control of space and time.” (Chris Griffin)

“It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line.” (Duke Ellington)

“Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.” (Duke Ellington)

“That within you that draws breath is where the music is.” (Elena Gillespie)