351 Quotes About Jazz


  • Author Chico Hamilton
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    Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

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  • Author Chico Hamilton
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    The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it.

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  • Author Herbie Hancock
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    Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.

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  • Author Herbie Hancock
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    It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

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  • Author Herbie Hancock
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    I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

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  • Author Herbie Hancock
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    I knew of jazz, but I didn't like it. I always thought only older people liked jazz - you know, you had to be 19 or 20.

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