I suppose technically I could say I'm based in jazz, just…

I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's just riffing…

— Billy Crystal

I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.

— Joel Osteen

My parents are angels. They've always been encouraging of anything I do. Total support, 100 percent.

— Stella Maxwell

I'm very lucky with my family. They've always been very encouraging, and they never thought that anything would hold me back. I'm very fortunate…

— Danielle Macdonald

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new…

— Nina Simone

I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form, and then…

— Andrew Bird

the French write plays and paint as naturally as we play jazz - it's just a national gift.

— Alice B. Toklas

I'm talking about noise rock. I don't think that noise rock element belongs in jazz. It's not for me anyway; it just doesn't fit.

— Van Morrison

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because…

— Robert Glasper

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— Wynton Marsalis

The talking shows are like free jazz. I'm just gonna go out there and blow with the idea of keeping it streamlined and not…

— Henry Rollins

I've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to.

— Oprah Winfrey

You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!

— Sofia Vergara