I can Quote by Carlos Santana

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either.…

— Anthony Braxton

I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt…

— Max Roach

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were black people…

— Paul Smoker

I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.

— Brian McKnight

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

— Phoebe Snow

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

People ask me to describe how I play, and the most obvious answer is that I'm a jazz influenced guitar player. But I'm not…

— Larry Carlton

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

— Herbie Hancock

I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of jazz of…

— Alexis Korner

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

— Creed Bratton

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to…

— Brad Paisley