Closed Quote by Barry Lyga

“Jazz opened his eyes. Conner opened her eyes. Howie opened his eyes.”

— Barry Lyga

“I don’t know a thing about jazz.” “That’s okay.” He pulled me toward the door and opened it. “You know music. Jazz will explain…

— Jessica Martinez

“Do not even suggest jazz. I saw Newsies and was traumatized for, like, five years.”

— Richelle Mead

“Where’s jazz going? I don’t know. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens.”

— Thelonious Monk

“I don't get jazz. It always sounds like a bunch of toddlers let loose in a music room.”

— Libba Bray

“What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

“Jazz was about the spaces between notes. It was about what happened when you listened to the thing inside you. The gaps and the…

— Rachel Joyce

“Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you’ll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”

— Art Blakey

“He loved jazz. He hated comedy movies. He read…a lot. And”

— Sloane Kennedy

“You play me with your jazz & leave me with the blues.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.”

— Duke Ellington