America Quote by Anonymous

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

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

— Ahmad Alaadeen

People think jazz music is all standards and the Great American Songbook. But it's really about the sensibility, the feel you bring to the…

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

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

— Nina Simone

It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when we're listening,…

— Vijay Iyer

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed…

— Dave Brubeck

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the…

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn…

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

— Steve Lacy