Jelly Roll Morton Quotes

"In the year of 1902, when I was about seventeen years old, I happened to invade one of the sections [in New Orleans] where the birth of Jazz originated from." - Jelly Roll Morton

source: 'Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made It' (Nat Shapiro, First published 1966)

Jelly Roll Morton Quotes

"Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm." - Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton Quotes

"I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style." - Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton Quotes

"Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings." - Jelly Roll Morton