Being Quote by Damien Chazelle

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

— Patricia Barber

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because…

— Robert Glasper

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

— Wynton Marsalis

People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I…

— Damien Chazelle

I've never set out to do anything other than get better at guitar and record and have fun. I feel like the Jazzmaster's just…

— Adam Granduciel

Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it.

— Fats Waller

Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.

— Percy Heath

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.

— Pat Metheny

I think people psych themselves out before they listen to jazz a lot, thinking that they have to, like, put on a suit or…

— Kamasi Washington

I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In…

— Billy Higgins

Jazz is a state of mind. There's no boundaries.

— Robert Glasper