J. J. Johnson Quotes

Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

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• In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • War
  • Father
  • Year

• I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Movie
  • Star
  • Try

• There's more to life than physical and material.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Life
  • More
  • Material

• It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Wish
  • Myself
  • Child

• I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • People
  • History
  • Know

• I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Kids
  • Day
  • Everyday

• I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Music
  • Why
  • Song

• There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Up
  • Different
  • Same

• But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Life
  • Control
  • Succeed

• I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.

  

  Malcolm Mclaren
  • Attitude
  • Creative
  • Haircut

• Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Good
  • Important
  • Mind

• It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Long
  • Fun
  • Words

• Those of us who lived under communism for most of our lives were looking toward the Western world because of its values, emphasis on democracy, individual liberties and freedom, and economic prosperity.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Democracy

• And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • Great
  • Think
  • Value

• Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Thinking
  • Self
  • Meditation

• My mom was an artist, and she had this amazing ability to transform everything into something beautiful.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • She
  • Beautiful
  • Amazing

• I've always wanted a 'Full House' reunion, so when you see stuff like this comes back, it's super exciting.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • House
  • Always
  • See

• Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

  

  Vanessa Redgrave
  • People
  • Want
  • Poetry

• The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead of waving his arms to keep time and convey mood, is an active member of the musical statement. That person is the drummer.

  

  Elvin Jones
  • Mood
  • Role
  • Jazz

• I know jazz is completely un-American. But the reason why America doesn't like it is because it's not funny. We americans have made jazz funny.

  

  Paul Provenza
  • America
  • Funny
  • Jazz

• I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.

  

  Herbie Hancock
  • Together
  • Jazz
  • Wayne

• I am excited about this. We've got half of our goal. I'd love to see us get a little bit more than half our goal and not be so deeply into this thing going into Sunday, but I feel good about everything.

  

  Hal Sutton
  • Good
  • Feel
  • Goal

• Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

  

  J. J. Johnson
  • Jazz
  • Restless