Andrew Bird Quotes About Jazz

Quotes about: Jazz

• There's been this perception that Europeans still hold on to, that they discover the real talented ones in American culture and give them proper credit and that's not true anymore - it used to be. A lot of jazz musicians would get respect in Europe.

  Andrew Bird

  Real, Europe, Giving

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form, and then they got a lot of attention in Europe. A lot of bands that can't catch flies in the US have these followings in Europe, [but] it's less and less the case. American audiences are way more sophisticated and adventurous than anyone thinks that they are.

  Andrew Bird

  Art, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

  Andrew Bird

  Song, Play, Appreciate

  "The Multi-Instrumentalist Returns: A Conversation With Andrew Bird". Interview with Gazelle Emami, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2011.

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