Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.

Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man.

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

I just don't know anything about jazz, really. I've never really listened to it, but I'd definitely like to discover more about it.

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.

My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

I think I was supposed to play jazz.

As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.

Part of what I like to do with Brainfeeder is to get the younger kids hearing jazz, because they don't know where to go to really hear it. Brainfeeder gives me a platform to put out people like Kamasi Washington or Austin Peralta.