Quote by Bix Beiderbecke

One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?

— Bix Beiderbecke

I don't know where jazz is going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

— Thelonious Monk

Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to…

— Quincy Jones

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

— Pat Metheny

We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

— Ken Burns

Jazz is my adventure.

— Thelonious Monk

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.

— Keith Jarrett

I want to stay with the Jazz.

— Rudy Gobert

I always hope that my music is a gateway for people to get to know jazz.

— Laufey

I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz…

— Paul Smoker

If I knew what it was going to look like, I wouldnt be so excited to be a part of it. Jazz is a…

— Joshua Redman

Jazz is about being in the moment.

— Herbie Hancock