Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach. — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Jazz is like the universe: it's been expanding since its creation and it's connected to everything. — Jonathan Batiste Copy Share Image
“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.” — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Ravel, Debussy, Bartok and jazz like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhart.… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I always thought jazz was like the trunk of a tree. After the tree has grown, many branches have spread out. They're… — Earl Hines Copy Share Image
People always ask, "Why jazz?" and I'm like "Why not?" It's kind of like asking Seurat, "Why so many dots?" I imagine… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music.… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
I kept on buying records and listening to them. Finally, I was able to hear the relationship between the jazz improvisers' solos… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image