Hazel Scott

Love is sweeping the country.

I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything.

I am a devout musician.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that no one else has thought of.

Inspiration grows into full-scale creation through persistence and imagination.

I’ve noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it.

There’s so many ways you can hit one note.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

Jazz is a music that allows a person to express his deepest, most personal self.

For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances.

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens.