Armadillos Quote by Bill Bailey

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

— Ken Burns

The way I was singing the songs was jazz

— Van Morrison

Jazz is not background music.

— Horace Silver

Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.

— Horace Silver

Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.

— Percy Heath

I don't know any jazz stuff. I don't know how to jam in that way. So jamming, for me, is writing a tune.

— Ryan Adams

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

— Paul Whiteman

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I…

— Etta James

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

— Louis Armstrong

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.

— Jelly Roll Morton

Jazz is about being in the moment.

— Herbie Hancock