Top 8 Elvin Jones Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “That’s what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the time is essential and non-negotiable.”

— Elvin Jones

2. “The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead of waving his arms to keep time and convey mood, is an active member of the musical statement. That person is the drummer.”

— Elvin Jones

3. “Music is a way of life, it’s everything. I play drums and that’s what I believe I was born to do.”

— Elvin Jones

4. “To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply.”

— Elvin Jones

6. “I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors.”

— Elvin Jones

7. “You should get the feeling you should move. That’s what is meant when people say the music moves me.”

— Elvin Jones

8. “If there’s any such thing as a perfect man, I think John Coltrane was one. And I think that kind of perfection has to come from a greater force than there is here on earth.”

— Elvin Jones

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