I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.
Pat Metheny
A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
I haven't a great jazz band, and I don't want one.
Glenn Miller
I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.
Deborah Moggach
Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.
Thelonious Monk
The only type of music I don't like is Dixieland jazz. It's just a little too happy and noisy for me. I like intervals and spaces in my... →
Rick Moranis
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.
Van Morrison
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny... →
Jamie Muir