Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Jazz music is the power of now.

So glistered the dire Snake , and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.

I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me.

I sang throughout school, and it was always my passion. For whatever reason, acting took the front seat, but all of the projects that I've been doing seem to have some sort of musical element to them.

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

I believe in dancing.

My pure love is playing music.

I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

He comes in on the beat and plays on top of the beat. I think when Prince makes love, he hears drums instead of Ravel.

Touring is my religion. Music is all-encompassing - my religion.

Music is something no one can control.

Many times in music, if you are given limitations, it expands the creativity.

I have fallen back in love with music, which has allowed me to get back to my roots and create sounds without borders.