351 Quotes About Jazz

Parece inevitable, tan fuerte es la necesidad de esta música; nada puede interrumpirla, nada que venga del tiempo donde está varado el mundo; cesará sola, por orden. Esta hermosa voz me gusta sobre todo, no por su amplitud ni su tristeza, sino porque es el acontecimiento que tantas notas han preparado desde lejos, muriendo para que ella nazca. Y sin embargo, estoy inquieto; bastaría tan poco para que el disco se detuviera.

Everything I do will be funky now.

Your idea of romance requires a corset and a time machine.

If you don't know what to play, play nothing.

You hear lots of notes, don’t you? Some have a major sound. Some have a minor sound. But there’s not one blue note among all these black and white keys. The real blues, the soul of the sound, comes from the spaces in-between.

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.

Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician

I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.

Jazz and vodka, the fuel of resistance.