Quotes by Art Blakey - Page 1

We're here to have a ball.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Music
Balls
Jazz
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All you have to do is be able to feel.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Able
Feels
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Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Music
Dust
Jazz And Life
Memorable
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Music washes away the dust of every day life.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Music
Dust
Life Day Every Day
Life Music Day
Away
Every Day
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It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Music
Ears
Intelligent
Jazz
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If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Feels
Feet
Jazz
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Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Dust
Everyday
Everyday Life
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Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Dust
Everyday
Everyday Life
Supposed
Wash
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What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Grind
Powder
Drops
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Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Good Times
Having A Good Time
Playing Jazz
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They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Gone
Jazz
Thinking
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So go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Goes On
Mistake
Play
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A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Music
Differentiate
Jazz
Names
Type
Types
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There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Cat
Jazz
Names
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That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
America
Culture
Mind
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Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Mean
Moving
Rivers
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You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Music
Church
Rocks
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The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too fat, we have too much of everything, you understand? And we do not listen.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
America
Country
People
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You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Jazz
Rhythm
Blues
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Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.
Art Blakey / Jazz Drummer
Art
America
Country
Damn
Form
Instance
Jazz
Musical
Other Countries
Art World People
Africa
Art Form
Connect
Countries
Damn Thing
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