I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things…

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

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

I'm into the old school. I listen to rock, soft rock, jazz, old school R&B.

— Biz Markie

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

— Billy Higgins

Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.

— Ron Cephas Jones

The podcast 'A History of Jazz' began telling its story in February - 100 years after the recording of 'Livery Stable Blues' by the…

— David Hepworth

I learned a lot about American history though jazz, and that's why I loved American history when I was in high school. I could…

— Ron Cephas Jones

The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and…

— Tim Jackson

Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides…

— Billy Taylor

The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we…

— Wynton Marsalis

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living…

— Mike Figgis

Gross things sound funny and set people up to listen to something a little uninviting.

— Brian Chippendale

Do things sound better in your head before you say them, or do you even run them through there first?

— Albert Einstein

In the beginning, every little thing used to bother me. Now, even the worst sounding things sound like a joke because I've seen everything.

— Ryan Higa

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.

— Wayne Coyne