Author: Jason Moran

Quotes

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

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 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 am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she writes about it.

I am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she writes about it.

- 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

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

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

Music, many times, around the world, serves to help us understand other people without having to talk.

Music, many times, around the world, serves to help us understand other people without having to talk.

- 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

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