Amanda Seales Quotes

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

I didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing. So it's not really my responsibility to keep it up, what they were doing.

The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there is a creation.

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

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.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

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'm a great jazz fan.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

People want to have access to jazz because it has a vibe that's very strong.

I love, you know, a lot of jazz, John Coltrane.

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have great memories of the jazz clubs that were all located on 52nd Street. I still catch as many jazz shows as I can when I am in New York. And when I perform, I have my jazz quartet by my side. Jazz musicians keep things spontaneous and very "live," which is the way I like to perform.

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.

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

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

I'm not a big jazz fan.

I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

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.

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.