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Jazz Pianist Inspirational Quotes (430)

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I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience
Dave Brubeck
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I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.
Herbie Hancock
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If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.
Dave Brubeck
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There is no such thing as a wrong note.
Art Tatum
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Desegregation is a joke.
Nina Simone
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It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos.
Diana Krall
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I don't dig that two-beat jive the New Orleans cats play. My boys and I have to have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating.
Count Basie
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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.
Herbie Hancock
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Instead of hearing, Oh, he's good, I'd rather hear, Wow, you changed my feelings today, you made me feel different.
Robert Glasper
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Intellect has to surrender to instinct when it is time to play.
Kenny Werner
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You could be my son. You even look like me a little bit... Say, who's your mother?
Fats Waller
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Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
Herbie Hancock
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People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.
Herbie Hancock
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I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only for what you do with it.
Hazel Scott
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If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.
Robert Glasper
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There are a lot of things I'm proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.
Barry Harris
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I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to people.
Chick Corea
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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
Nina Simone
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During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy because the music was so interesting, and you forgot to eat, anyway.
Mary Lou Williams
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It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles that's the key to happiness.
Herbie Hancock
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The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.
Cecil Taylor
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I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
Herbie Hancock
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Grab your pig's feet, bread, and gin, there's plenty in the kitchen. I wonder what the poor people are eating tonight?
Fats Waller
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All the music you've ever heard in your life is somewhere in your head. I don't reject that, I use it.
Don Pullen
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