Balls Quote by Brian McKnight

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— Wynton Marsalis

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

— Van Morrison

Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your world view…

— Wynton Marsalis

I feel that I have an obligation to jazz and also to myself to play as good as I can play.

— Sonny Rollins

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

— Ahmad Jamal

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

— Keith Jarrett

Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they play. And…

— Allan Holdsworth

There are only a handful of guys in the NBA who are going to be superstars and I think I found a bit of…

— Joe Ingles

Jazz music is all about performance, right? At least, to me, it's about the freedom of performance, the different inflections you do in the…

— Laufey

Basketball isn't a game; It's an art form. You master the fundamentals so you can forget 'em, so you can improvise and just concentrate…

— Kyrie Irving

Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing…

— B. B. King