Carol King

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.

I’ve always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn’t have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.

Jazz to me is a living music. It’s a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society to express yourself freely and creatively.

[On the word Jazz] 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. But what’s the difference? A name doesn’t make the music. It’s just called that to differentiate it from other types of music. 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.

I don’t get jazz. It always sounds like a bunch of toddlers let loose in a music room.

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

The truth is I never gave it much thought. I just played what I had to play.

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

Do not fear mistakes, there are none.

In this trumpet I hear our icons and the sound of the future.

It’s important to reflect on what made Jazz so special.

Everyone is working who should be.

It’s true I’ve always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.