"If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope when compared to the rest of music in the world."

-- Don Ellis

#Style Quotes #World Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.”
“You always wish you made more money but I have had a lot of cool experiences. I have learnt so much by travelling the world and made some great friends in my travels.”

Source : Interview with Alireza Fadaie, bleacherreport.com. February 25, 2010.
“We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.”
“The financing of my films has always been international.”
“I was overcome by the Holy Ghost one time, but in a Baptist way. I was six or seven, and I was saved. I just cried and cried. It was joy!”
“There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.”

Source : moss hart (1959). “act one”
“If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it.”
“I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.”

You may also like:

Eric Dolphy
Saxophonist
George Russell
Jazz Pianist
Gil Evans
Jazz Pianist
Louie Bellson
Drummer
Maynard Ferguson
Musician
Paul Bley
Jazz Pianist
Pepper Adams
Composer
Stan Kenton
Composer
Steve Swallow
Bassist