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He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz. — Oscar Peterson

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. — Yo-Yo Ma

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz. — Terry Teachout

I don't like heroin, unless you're a jazz musician and then you have to be on it because jazz is the sound of heroin. — John Waters

Some people are born with a brain that has this weird, magical mathematical thing that makes them an amazing jazz musician. — Andy Richter

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice. — David Baker

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference. — Georgie Fame

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. — Buddy Guy

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility. — Esperanza Spalding

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. — Miles Kington

Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant. — Sheena Iyengar

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician. — Buddy Rich

The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel. — Wynton Marsalis

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary. — Tom Waits

I was a wise-a** college student of twenty at the time and a precocious musician, with somewhat of that screw-you-I'm-a-jazz-player attitude. — Gene Hull

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. — Harry Connick Jr.

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music. — Laura Mvula

I got my love of jazz from my stepfather, who was a jazz musician. — Flea

You've got to do what you know before you know what you're doing."

Duke Madison, Jazz Musician — Andy Martello

If you're making money people don't think you're playing Jazz. When you're not making money they think you're a great Jazz musician. — Pete Fountain

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden! — Toots Thielemans

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous. — Dave Brubeck

I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man. — Abdullah Ibrahim

Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal. — Darryl Pinckney

Jazz musicians are the coolest people on the planet. Can I have some cool? — Jon Stewart

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. — Dave Van Ronk

Food is merely a platform for condiments. — Peter Marshall

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. — Herbie Hancock

It might seem a contradiction but... the ability to improvise requires lots of practice. Ask any jazz musician. — Ted Agon

Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician — Wynton Marsalis

The jazz musician's function is to feel, — Lennie Tristano

I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability. — Mike Stoller

Marijuana is taken by musicians. And I'm not speaking about good musicians, but the jazz type ... — Harry J. Anslinger

When I'm working behind a camera, I feel like I'm trying to achieve something like a jazz musician does. — Jack Welpott

I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do. — Dave Douglas

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician. — Michael Parkinson

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. — Benny Green

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear. — Ralph Ellison

Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style. — Gunther Schuller

As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty. — Doc Childre