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Jazz Quotes

Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body’s breath, and the strings’ wails and moans are echoes of the body’s music. It is the body’s vibrations which ripple from the fingers. And the mystery of the withheld theme, known to jazz musicians alone, is like the mystery of our secret life. We give to others only peripheral improvisations. Anais Nin
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances. Madeleine Peyroux
Tony Wilson quote: "Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians..."
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does. Tony Wilson
Billy Higgins quote: "Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All..."
Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't. Billy Higgins
Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it. John Corigliano
Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record. Rita Coolidge
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning. B. B. King
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa. Art Blakey
Marc Ribot quote: "Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops..."
Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz. Marc Ribot
Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool. Etta James
Frank Zappa quote: "Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny."
Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny. Frank Zappa
Theodor Adorno quote: "Jazz is the false liquidation of art? instead of utopia..."
Jazz is the false liquidation of art? instead of utopia becoming reality it disappears from the picture. Theodor Adorno
John Philip Sousa quote: "Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet..."
Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains John Philip Sousa
Art Blakey quote: "Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life."
Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life. Art Blakey
Jelly Roll Morton quote: "Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm."
Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. Jelly Roll Morton

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