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"I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

Jazz,

"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."

Norman Granz, American Musician

Jazz, Years

"To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

Jazz,

"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."

Mose Allison, American Musician

Jazz,

"Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing."

Oscar Peterson, Canadian Musician

Jazz, Style

"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

Jazz, Want

"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."

Norman Granz, American Musician

Jazz, Old, Today, Years

"I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

Jazz,

"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Jazz, Play, Sense

"I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Jazz, Problems

Explore more quotes by Gary Cherone

"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."

Fun,

"I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have."

History, Success, Today, Years

"Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone."

Sound,

"When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story."

Post,

"You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype."

History, People, Extreme, Will

"They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day."

Day, Hate, Years

"You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio."

Difference, Songs

"In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate."

Extreme, Fate, Man, Measure

"I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record."

Jazz,

"When people don't get enough information, they make it up."

People, Information