America Quote by Anais Nin

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

— Henri Matisse

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

— Wynton Marsalis

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

— Mulgrew Miller

The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.

— Anonymous

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

— Steve Lacy

Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.

— Willie Smith

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom,…

— Quincy Jones

Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty.

— Max Roach