Feel Quote by Allan Holdsworth

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician

— Michael Parkinson

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me,…

— Pat Metheny

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.

— Rick Nielsen

I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind the beat,…

— Gregory Porter

I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.

— Wadada Leo Smith

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music…

— Laura Mvula

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.

— Georgie Fame

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

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 don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.

— Abdullah Ibrahim

I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's likeable, someone…

— Pharoah Sanders