72 Quotes by Robert Glasper

I’ve gotten bored with jazz to the point where I wouldn’t mind something bad happening. Slapping hurts, but at some point it’ll wake you up. I feel like jazz needs a big-ass slap.

I’m not really married to the craft of jazz – I’m married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

You're supposed to create new standards. The more you play songs by your peers, they become standards, you know? Miles Davis played 'Gingerbread Boy' 'cos he and Jimmy Heath were cool, you know? That's how the culture goes.

Honestly, recording with Faith Evans blew me away.

I feel like everybody's life literally has a soundtrack because we love music so much, and there are so many songs that people love.

You have to go with the times. You're going to get left behind if you don't.

I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12.

When my friends were listening to hip-hop or R&B, I was in the crib listening to Billy Joel and Michael Bolton, Luther Vandross, and Oscar Peterson.

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it; it's, like, 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.