I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because they can't do it. A lot of them just aren't talented enough to do anything new, honestly.
Robert GlasperRead
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Great music endures over time and offers a refuge from the repetitive nature of popular music.
This quote emphasizes the idea that amidst the overwhelming presence of mainstream music, which may lack depth and meaning, there exists a timeless quality in great music that remains relevant and impactful. The ability of great music to resonate with listeners regardless of the trends highlights its enduring significance and the comfort it can provide in chaotic times.
Themes
MusicGreatnessTimelessDepthEndurance
In practice
Example use cases
Sharing this quote at a music appreciation class to emphasize the importance of timeless music.
More from Robert Glasper
All quotes →Similar quotes
It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but Christians are supposed to be conscious of that fact, and being conscious of it should recognize the importance of living artistically, aesthetically, and creatively, as creative creatures of the Creator. If we have been created in the image of an Artist, then we should look for expressions of artistry, and be sensitive to beauty, responsive to what has been created for us
Edith SchaefferRead
An artist has to train his responses more than other people do. He has to be as disciplined as a mathematician. Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom. It prepares an artist to choose his own limitations.
Wayne ThiebaudRead
Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the last place where I hear women's hair rhapsodically described, women's faces acclaimed in odelike language.
Ben HechtRead
Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or tree. It is lines and colors put together so that they may say something.
Georgia O'KeeffeRead
Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance.
Rem KoolhaasRead
I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
Elia KazanRead