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Jazz Musician Inspirational Quotes (6947)

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Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.
Susannah McCorkle
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I’ve been more places by accident than most people have been on purpose.
Alberta Hunter
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Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.
Alberta Hunter
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People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling.
Alberta Hunter
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I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.
Alberta Hunter
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Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.
Benny Goodman
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I'm having a good time, Please don't blame me, I'm knocking myself out Don't try to tame me Let me have my fun, I've got to have my fling, Some folks say I'm blowing my top Talk don't mean a thing.
Alberta Hunter
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Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.
Alberta Hunter
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It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.
Gavin Bryars
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I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile.
Ray Conniff
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I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.
Ray Charles
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Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.
George Duke
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I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.
Viggo Mortensen
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When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.
Jill Scott
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My father's father came from Russia my mother came from Romania.
Herbie Mann
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Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made in some low-budget situation, primarily with a view to selling a few hundred copies at their concerts.
David Knopfler
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Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.
Jill Scott
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My grammar school graduating class in 1941 had a little party for 13 or 14 year-old kids. [Trumpeter] King Kolax's band played for the party and Gene Ammons was playing tenor saxophone with the band. And that's when I said, That's it! Just like that, tunnelvision ever since.
Johnny Griffin
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You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.
Stanley Clarke
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Maybe not as an idol, but I have influenced some people, including my son Joshua. So that feels good. Wherever I play musicians come to meet me, that is a great compliment to me. I am honored.
Dewey Redman
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Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.
Jan Garbarek
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As Aragorn said at Helm's Deep, There is always hope.
Viggo Mortensen
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I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!
Jane Monheit
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I just dress like... I'm an old black man. Sorry! Like I'm an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it's still the '50s.
Amy Winehouse
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