American Standard Jazz

Famous quotes containing the words american, standard and/or jazz:

    “No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “When Freedom, from her mountain height,
    Unfurled her standard to the air,
    She tore the azure robe of night,
    And set the stars of glory there;”
    —Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

    “There’s more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that’s because the audience doesn’t really know what’s happening.”
    —Pat Metheny (b. 1954)