American culture Quote by Andrew Bird

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the…

— Chet Baker

Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.

— Darryl Pinckney

I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form, and then…

— Andrew Bird

In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

— Dexter Gordon

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

— Ahmad Alaadeen

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try…

— Art Blakey

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be…

— Sonny Rollins

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there…

— Sonny Rollins

You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play…

— Sonny Rollins

When I started doing improvise music in Europe, in the beginning I thought the way that Europeans were interpreting the reconstruction of deconstruction of…

— Hamid Drake

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

— Anonymous

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that…

— Sonny Rollins