Better Quote by Adam Granduciel

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's…

— Dave Brubeck

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way.…

— Kurt Elling

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

— Keith Jarrett

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because…

— Robert Glasper

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.

— Patricia Barber

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

— Nat Hentoff

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

The hardest thing about being a young musician on the jazz scene is that there are so many styles of music, jazz and otherwise,…

— Dave Kikoski

I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're…

— Herb Alpert

Every show with my Jazzmaster is like a new show.

— Adam Granduciel

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians…

— Jane Siberry

I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are a very…

— Jamie Cullum