Art Blakey Quotes

"A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music."
- Art Blakey
(Related: Music, Name)

"Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa."
- Art Blakey
(Related: Art, People, America, American, Countries, Jazz, World)

"Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life."
- Art Blakey
(Related: Life, Music)

"Music washes away the dust of every day life."
- Art Blakey
(Related: Life, Music, Day)

"What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder."
- Art Blakey
(Related: Truth)