Art Blakey quotes

...so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time. (Art Blakey)
A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music. View quote
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You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church. View quote
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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. View quote
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Music washes away the dust of every day life. View quote
Art Blakey
On a live performance: "If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet. If you feel like clapping your hands, clap your hands. And if you feel like taking off your shoes, take off your shoes. We are here to have a ball. So we want you to leave your worldly troubles outside and come in here and swing." View quote
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What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder. View quote
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