Playing Jazz Quotes

Playing Jazz Quote of the day

Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.

Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.

Jazz is what I play for a living.

Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!

I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

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.

Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz, one guy is playing rock and roll, another classical. It's a big mess.

Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up for a long time.

I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not.

Growing up playing jazz and improvising has had a big impact on me, and it translates into my music.