My dad's also a musician, so jazz was always around the house. When I was 11, I developed an interest in it, and he took me to Leimert Park. At that time, it was the artistic hub of L.A., and it was right in South Central. The first concert I went to, I saw Pharoah Sanders at the World Stage club there, which only holds, like, 30 people.
Kamasi Washington0
Next quotes
Kamasi Washington:
The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything.Kamasi Washington:
When I started saxophone, my dad took me to my uncle's church, and I started playing there, too. AtKamasi Washington:
At the time of 'The Epic,' as a core band, we were all spending so much time apart making music forKamasi Washington:
One of the things I did learn from 'The Epic' was that we don't have to feel so much pressure to coKamasi Washington:
When I was working on 'To Pimp A Butterfly' and 'DAMN.,' I'm really making music for Kendrick. It'sKamasi Washington:
We started 'Heaven And Earth' in 2016. That was probably the heaviest touring year of my whole lifeKamasi Washington:
We learned at a young age, with our dad, that even if you weren't doing something, you had to lookKamasi Washington:
When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. WhKamasi Washington:
I think the reason why I see life as this never-ending struggle is because I imagine it having endlKamasi Washington:
I don't want to live my life to necessarily overcome struggle, but when I am going to hit struggle