#musicians

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#audiences #beyond #clear #community #had

The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#avoid #avoided #entire #entire lives #hear

My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#bands #brother #knew #musicians #myself

At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds. ↗

— John McLaughlin

#come #cultural #different #element #hopelessly

All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians. ↗

— Thelonious Monk

#musicians #subconsciously

The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing. ↗

— Charles Munch

#burden #collective #conscience #every #his

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians. ↗

— Toots Thielemans

#everywhere #generation #go #i #jazz

If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. Some of the top musicians are quirky aren't they, to say the least. You have to be driven, cold, hard and mentally tough as iron. My missus thinks I'm a bit weird. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#bit #cold #different #driven #hard

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#every night #like #musicians #night #perform

I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#comedians #drama #find #i #love