Jazz Quotes

"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."
-Duke Ellington

"I'm the only guy in the jazz business who made it without any talent!"
-Bob Crosby

"Jazz is the folk music of the machine age."
-Paul Whiteman

"They're not carpenters. There's not a lot of need for jazz trombone players in Shreveport, La."
-Ben Jaffe

"I think because it deals with jazz, and urban issues affecting Kansas City."
-David Rinck

"We are looking forward to creating a forum where fans come not just for good jazz, but also to discover new prolific acts deserving a break."
-Rashid Lombard

"As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars."
-Donald Fagen

"Jazz may well be considered America's most treasured and most influential export, ... From its earliest days until now it has continued to grow creatively -- yet the people who have given us this art form deserve far greater recognition."
-Dana Gioia

"We're getting there. We're a very highly regarded jazz festival, still very much dedicated to mainstream jazz. Audiences appreciate that we haven't gone too far off the mission."
-Carol Stone

"It's not really jazz. This is scarier. That's why I want to do it."
-Steve Willis

"My music is jazz."
-Yusef Lateef

"New Orleans is where jazz was born, and jazz is my passion."
-Jeremy Davenport

"Jazz really doesn't have any boundaries."
-Stephen Perkins

"City Parks has the authority to extend the hours for special events, such as jazz concerts, flea markets etc."
-Jenny Moodley

"I do a lot (of business) with local jazz players."
-John Reynolds

"This is my favorite combo of musicians. It's one of the finest jazz groups out there. I'm just proud to be in it."
-Chris Botti

"If you are a jazz lover, this is a must-see performance."
-Sara Williams

"We've made it a practice to go to jazz events across the country, and we're careful to get people who will draw a good crowd."
-Al Cook

"History is literally drowning. Bourbon Street will always be there, but that's almost exclusively full of cover bands, and there are a ton of really classic old jazz places that aren't gonna come back."
-Chris Lee

"Miles Davis was revolutionary as a jazz musician and as an artist he was eclectic as well. He tried it all."
-Rudy Siegel

"People say we're a jazz group. But there's no way I would ever call myself a jazz drummer. The only thing that's jazz about us is keeping the need to move forward and evolve."
-Alan Evans

"It is also jazz mass. It is in jazz idiom. There are definitely some Latin-based pieces."
-Joe Negri

"He doesn't have a lot of those annoying affectations of modern jazz bass players."
-Wayne Horvitz

"Things changed so quickly. The Atlantic jazz department just went from under us."
-Madeleine Peyroux

"Very honored and proud that jazz has brought me to this acclaim by the Canadian people."
-Oscar Peterson

"It's a terrible shock and loss. He contributed so much to the field of jazz."
-Saul Levine

"That certainly doesn't mean it's not significant. How much jazz gets played on the radio?"
-Anthony Decurtis

"The food, the jazz culture, the lovely ladies; I miss everything about New Orleans."
-Justin Spicer