Art Quote by Charlie Haden

I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.

— Norman Granz

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

— Dianne Reeves

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will…

— Sonny Rollins

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

— Lee Konitz

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.

— Lee Konitz

Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before.

— Jon Hendricks

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

— Pat Metheny

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.

— Jake Shimabukuro

I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not…

— Damien Chazelle

Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.

— Toots Thielemans

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

— Renee Fleming