#jaz

I think I was supposed to play jazz. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

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It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#borrowed #genres #itself #jazz #lent

Jazz is about being in the moment. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#being #jazz #moment

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#openness #spirit

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration. ↗

— Ben Harper

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My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices, with emphasis on lyrics and singing and light kind of acoustic jazz. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#acoustic guitar #adding #doing #emphasis #folk

I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different. ↗

— Billy Higgins

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It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from, what you are, what background you come from - there's something there for you. ↗

— Billy Higgins

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Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't. ↗

— Billy Higgins

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