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> [Nobody has ever been able to define Jazz satisfactorily. This is probably because anyone who was capable of doing so never really wanted to, knowing how much you would have to leave out of the definition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kingsley/nobody-has-ever-been-able-to-define-jazz-satisfactorily-this-is/)

[Mary Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kingsley/)

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> [It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/it-s-always-difficult-to-define-what-jazz-is-or-what-jazz-isn-t-to-me/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

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