What did Sonny Rollins mean by: I feel that I have an obligation to jazz and also to myself to play as good as I can play. - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA Copy
+ Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, Jazz And Life, Music, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
+ I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
+ America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, America, Culture, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
+ Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one’s own. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, Jazz, Music, Spiritual Life, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
+ But if I didn’t have to make money, I would still play my horn. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, Horny, Making Money, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
+ I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, Appreciate, Problem, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
+ Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sonny Rollins, Music, Nature, 0 - Sonny Rollins Musician · USA
You can’t make jazz without using certain elements of Latin music. - Jelly Roll Morton Musician · USA
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. - Francoise Sagan Playwright · France
Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I’m honest. - Frank Sinatra Singer · USA
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. - Max Roach Jazz drummer · USA
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument. - Max Roach Jazz drummer · USA
