J. J. Johnson Quotes

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

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

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

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.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

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

I'm a great jazz fan.

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz.

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

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

My mum loves jazz, and together we listen to loads of Chet Baker back home.

We all know that jazz demands a cultivation of the mind.

The first time I listened to jazz was when I was 8.

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if it spoke to you? If you get exposed to it enough, you might find a taste for it.

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.

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.

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

I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.

When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.

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.