Activity Quote by Damien Chazelle

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

— Jake Shimabukuro

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

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

— Stan Getz

Jazz is the false liquidation of art - instead of utopia becoming reality it disappears from the picture.

— Anonymous

Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires…

— Talib Kweli

I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of corporate America…

— Bernie Sanders

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

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form of jazz…

— Charlie Haden

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz…

— Charlie Haden

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

— Jon Hendricks

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

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact.

— Dave Brubeck