Music chooses her musicians.
You know at an early age if you have a talent for music.
A beat is a moment in the life a groove.
Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it’s disposable.
You’ve got to learn your instrument.
If everyone liked what I did, I probably wouldn’t be playing anything of depth.
I don’t worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.
The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.
Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I’ve always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.
The whole concept for the Yeezus album is that we’re not going to be using CDs in the future and since this is the last time we’re going to see it, this is an open casket for the CD.
If you have something in your life worth celebrating, you can put it in a blues song.
A wise man practices slowly; but a wiser man practices even slower.
My style is to just play. The more live you capture your music-the more unthought-out-the more magical it is.
It is people’s hearts that move the age.
When you hear somebody with balls, that’s me.
