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title: "5 Make Jazz Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [You can't make jazz without using certain elements of Latin music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jelly-roll-morton/you-can-t-make-jazz-without-using-certain-elements-of-latin-music/)

[Jelly Roll Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jelly-roll-morton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/jelly-roll-morton-36825_jazz_you-can-t-make-jazz-without-using-certai_498975.jpg)

> [I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/i-wanted-to-make-a-jazz-record-i-didn-t-want-it-to-be-a-standards/)

[Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/rita-coolidge-25500_jazz_i-wanted-to-make-a-jazz-record-i-didn-t_728217.jpg)

> [Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/jazz-radio-is-not-very-friendly-to-pop-singers-who-decide-to-make-a/)

[Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/rita-coolidge-25500_friendly_jazz-radio-is-not-very-friendly-to-pop-s_1596344.jpg)

> [For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-metheny/for-me-let-s-keep-jazz-as-folk-music-let-s-not-make-jazz-classical/)

[Pat Metheny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-metheny/)

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> [I've never aspired to make 'jazz music,' I simply aspired to make music that was in a word, self-soothing and relevant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-gardot/i-ve-never-aspired-to-make-jazz-music-i-simply-aspired-to-make-music/)

[Melody Gardot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-gardot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/melody-gardot-4469_jazz_i-ve-never-aspired-to-make-jazz-music-i_1826048.jpg)

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