17 Quotes by Jaimoe

Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music that's been created in America has been pretty much improvised... Whether it's hillbilly or rock n' roll for blues, it's basically jazz music... It's basically about another way of hearing what comes out of America.

With my band, I feel comfortable anywhere in the world.

One indisputable fact is that whatever has happened to, and with, the Allman Brothers Band, we've persevered.

The music has a better feeling when you're responding to what's going on. Music is like playing handball, playing catch with someone, not playing golf. Everywhere the ball bounces is where you respond to it.

My desk is my drums.

If you don't get adventurous, you stay in the same spot; you don't really grow.

A lot of people at the highest level, I never listened to. It was hard for me to listen to a whole lot of stuff. It didn't get there for me. Al Green, who's maybe my favorite male singer - to me, Al Green sounds like a saxophone player.

Reading music is good for training, getting things done in a hurry. It doesn't teach you nothing about feeling.