America Quote by Art Blakey
“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 to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.”
![“I know jazz is completely un-American. But the reason why America doesn't like it is because it's not funny. We [americans] have made jazz funny.” quote by Paul Provenza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/49f/paul-provenza-39458_america_i-know-jazz-is-completely-un-american-bu_2308644.jpg)
![“The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too fat, we have too much of everything, you understand? And we do not listen.” quote by Art Blakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/db7/art-blakey-28913_america_the-people-know-more-about-jazz-in-other_1804220.jpg)
![“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 they got a lot of attention in Europe. A lot of bands that can't catch flies in the US have these followings in Europe, [but] it's less and less the case. American audiences…” quote by Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbb/andrew-bird-4041_adventurous_i-think-jazz-was-just-seeking-respect-an_2616791.jpg)
![“I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]” quote by Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d2/bill-hicks-970_america_i-ll-smoke-i-ll-cough-i-ll-get-the-tumor_655.jpg)
