Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Quote by Paul Whiteman

Topics: Jazz Quotes, Music Quotes

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul.

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties...

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

When you become senile, you won't know it.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell...

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell...

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...