Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!

“You shot heroin in the bathroom while I was disinfecting the kitchen. Didn’t you?” “Of course not.” He pulled on his gloves and led…

— Jordan Castillo Price

Jazz is like the universe: it's been expanding since its creation and it's connected to everything.

— Jonathan Batiste

We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But I think…

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market…

— Robert Glasper

People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I…

— Damien Chazelle

I grew up listening to Ravel, Debussy, Bartok and jazz like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhart. It was…

— Allan Holdsworth

I kept on buying records and listening to them. Finally, I was able to hear the relationship between the jazz improvisers' solos and the…

— Harvey Pekar

That's the jazz that I like - the stuff that has a soothing effect.

— Van Morrison

I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not.

— Lester Bangs

Jazz is like a great blues band that fell down the stairs

— Michael Buble

If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might be black-ish.

— Laurence Fishburne

“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.”

— Duke Ellington

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the…

— Branford Marsalis

Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music. But jazz…

— Freddie Hubbard