Believe Quote by Dave Brubeck

After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to…

— Betty Carter

Many of the jazz musicians whom are no longer here. You don't realize that it's history when it is happening and then time passes…

— Carol Friedman

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

— Toots Thielemans

It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a…

— Donald Fagen

I grew up in the Great Depression, and the jazz artists and Dixieland musicians were at the core of our communications and enjoyment. They…

— Harry Belafonte

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi…

— Steven Van Zandt

You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in…

— Cab Calloway

I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester…

— Flea

I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.

— Sam Shepard

I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.

— Ted King

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

— Buddy Guy

There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film on Louis…

— Randy Weston