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title: "7 Things Jazz Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-glasper/there-is-a-modern-take-on-certain-things-you-can-do-that-to-me-is/)

[Robert Glasper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-glasper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/robert-glasper-10147_certain_there-is-a-modern-take-on-certain-things_217875.png)

> [Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonny-rollins/jazz-is-the-type-of-music-that-can-absorb-so-many-things-and-still-be/)

[Sonny Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonny-rollins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/sonny-rollins-13594_jazz_jazz-is-the-type-of-music-that-can-absor_1006720.jpg)

> [When I was about 18, I really started diving into Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer Trio and some of those things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-daigle/when-i-was-about-18-i-really-started-diving-into-dave-matthews-band/)

[Lauren Daigle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-daigle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/lauren-daigle-18131_band_when-i-was-about-18-i-really-started-div_1031661.jpg)

> [One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-metheny/one-of-the-things-jazz-has-always-excelled-at-is-translating-the/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/pat-metheny-8589_always_one-of-the-things-jazz-has-always-excell_1360171.jpg)

> [Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about Jazz music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-ferguson/change-is-always-happening-that-s-one-of-the-wonderful-things-about/)

[Maynard Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-ferguson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/maynard-ferguson-71319_change_change-is-always-happening-that-s-one-of_3020971.jpg)

> [Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/jazz-is-not-just-music-it-s-a-way-of-life-it-s-a-way-of-being-a-way-2/)

[Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/nina-simone-3396_jazz_jazz-is-not-just-music-it-s-a-way-of-lif_3179027.png)

> [There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/there-are-wonderful-things-in-jazz-the-improvisation-the-liveliness/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/henri-matisse-1641_audience_there-are-wonderful-things-in-jazz-the-i_3183791.jpg)

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