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title: "7 Jazz Played Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/jazz-is-played-from-the-heart-you-can-even-live-by-it-always-love-it/)

[Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/)

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> [What I really like about Cuba is that you can go into a local bar in a provincial town and you'll get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gimlette/what-i-really-like-about-cuba-is-that-you-can-go-into-a-local-bar-in/)

[John Gimlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gimlette/)

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> [When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gershwin/when-jazz-is-played-in-another-nation-it-is-called-american-when-it/)

[George Gershwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gershwin/)

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> [Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-brubeck/jazz-is-about-freedom-within-discipline-usually-a-dictatorship-like/)

[Dave Brubeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-brubeck/)

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> [Everything comes from one thing, everything comes from the Spirit. Jazz would not exist had it not been for gospel music, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsey-lewis/everything-comes-from-one-thing-everything-comes-from-the-spirit-jazz/)

[Ramsey Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsey-lewis/)

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> [I got into playing the jazz. I played jazz for a good while. I did the popular stuff first. You got the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/papa-john-creach/i-got-into-playing-the-jazz-i-played-jazz-for-a-good-while-i-did-the/)

[Papa John Creach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/papa-john-creach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/papa-john-creach-80359_bunch_i-got-into-playing-the-jazz-i-played-jaz_2886331.jpg)

> [I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-of-course-wanted-to-play-real-jazz-when-we-played-pop-tunes-and/)

[Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/)

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