I’m thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not. – Kurt Elling
Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it’s jazz, and if it doesn’t, it isn’t. It’s no big deal. – Kenny G
Y’know, I don’t like jazz much. I’ll put it on once in a while and listen, and I’ll appreciate it. – Joe Perry
The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists – the kids can’t come. If they do, then they spend their entire monthly allotments on a 45-minute set. – John Scofield
When I’d hear something that sounded like I could follow it – most of those big band jazz tunes are blues anyway – I would hum it and play with the fiddle while I was humming. – Johnny Gimble
I was first introduced to dancing through the TV: I remember watching ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing when I was very little. But I felt no connection with it whatsoever: it was just like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon. – Savion Glover
I’m reserved, so I’ve always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that. – Renee Fleming
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. – Oscar Peterson
Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas. – Roberta Flack
I was really a nerd, and I was really more of a jazz nerd. So when I had my chance to put on something, most of the time it was going to be jazz, or gospel, or something like that. – Robert Glasper
Everybody’s not going to like jazz, let’s just be honest about it. Everybody doesn’t like everything. There’s a disconnect in generations and some people just aren’t going to feel that music. – Robert Glasper
Just like a comedian has a certain joke or a jazz musician has a riff that they know will get the crowd, a tap dancer always has a step. – Savion Glover
Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of ‘the dozens.’ – Quincy Jones
If you’re more interested in looking like a hipster, a jazz musician, or a young hunk, I’d recommend the pork pie. It has a narrow brim and a flat top. – Roger Stone
The enthusiasm, the adulation for us as jazz artists, in Kiev and Odessa was really heartwarming. – Paul Horn
I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I’m coming from a jazz background. – Rickie Lee Jones
I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18. – Roy Harper
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I’m doing jazz there in September. I’m in for the duration. – Rita Coolidge
I don’t limit my taste. There’s some jazz that I like and there’s some opera. I’ve been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock. – Rick Moranis
I was the kid at six who was like, ‘I want to be in a jazz club.’ I was never the pop kid, ever. I mean that’s not true, I had a couple years where I wanted to be Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, but aside from that, no. – Rachael MacFarlane