Author: Jason Moran

Quotes

There's mediocre jazz, mediocre salesmen, mediocre golfers. If you want to be good, you have to really hone your skills.

There's mediocre jazz, mediocre salesmen, mediocre golfers. If you want to be good, you have to really hone your skills.

- Jason Moran

I feel like I'm a torchbearer for jazz, fostering its tradition but its future, too.

I feel like I'm a torchbearer for jazz, fostering its tradition but its future, too.

- Jason Moran

As an improviser, my nature is to take a theme and constantly rework it.

As an improviser, my nature is to take a theme and constantly rework it.

- Jason Moran

Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.

Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.

- Jason Moran

I used to watch those rock videos where they would chainsaw the piano. And I thought, 'That's what I want to do.' I thought classical music was corny.

I used to watch those rock videos where they would chainsaw the piano. And I thought, 'That's what I want to do.' I thought classical music was corny.

- Jason Moran

I kind of want to get the music back on a road it hasn't been on for a while. I want to promote the arts as part of the American diet.

I kind of want to get the music back on a road it hasn't been on for a while. I want to promote the arts as part of the American diet.

- Jason Moran

I see how people look at me, all around the world. They see something because of the race I belong to. I have to understand that and put it into my music.

I see how people look at me, all around the world. They see something because of the race I belong to. I have to understand that and put it into my music.

- Jason Moran

Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.

Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.

- Jason Moran

My killer crossover project would be to combine Bjork and Grace Jones with the West Coast rappers and create this massive music. That's, like, one of my dreams.

My killer crossover project would be to combine Bjork and Grace Jones with the West Coast rappers and create this massive music. That's, like, one of my dreams.

- Jason Moran

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