Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Pierce

Kelsey plays the piano, and he's also a tremendous singer. I'm classically trained, and he's more of a jazz improvisatory pianist. So, we don't usually sit down and play together.

Claude Nobs

I was working in the local tourist office and I said to the manager, 'We should do something to make Montreux known in America. Let's do a jazz festival!

John Reynolds

I do a lot (of business) with local jazz players.

Robert Quine

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

Van Morrison

I just can't stand it [ jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.

Wynton Marsalis

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

Wynton Marsalis

Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.

Ben Jaffe

They're not carpenters. There's not a lot of need for jazz trombone players in Shreveport, La.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it.

P. C. Cast

Aye, wumman, if it's truly romantic, then it must be Scottish,

Michael Scott

I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.

Melissa George

My background is Scottish.

Michelle Gomez

I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish.

Chris Browne

But I still wish I was out in the sunshine with the Scottish team.

Gordon Strachan

I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today.

Paul Gallagher

I'm in the facial-hair phase of my career.

Robert Louis Stevenson

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

Mika

I was born out of classical music.

Questlove

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

Birdy

I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.

Dennis Ritchie

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.

Alexandra Fuller

I listen mostly to classical music.

Gregory Maguire

I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all.

Itzhak Perlman

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.