Emotional Quote by Booker Little

My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much…

— Booker Little

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

— Pat Metheny

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

— Stan Getz

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

— Tom Harrell

I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.

— Patricia Barber

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

— Robert Glasper

Jazz has to work. It has to play with the audience and with the marketplace. I think that is relevant to business.

— John Kao

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

— Billy Higgins

Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

— Tom Harrell

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that…

— Herb Alpert

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.

— Pat Metheny