As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul…

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.

— Seinabo Sey

I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.

— A-Trak

Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."

— Ice T

I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore jazz fan…

— Ice T

The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than…

— Ice T

Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to be original…

— Mayer Hawthorne

As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board…

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

I use the echo effect a lot when I DJ because it allows for smooth transitions, especially at different BPMs. It also adds a…

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with…

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

I love jazz music and sad music.

— Fred Durst

I have a secret love of jazz.

— Carly Rae Jepsen

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

— Julie Andrews

When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more…

— Wynton Marsalis

I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion.

— Daveed Diggs

I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of corporate America…

— Bernie Sanders