Democracy Quote by Dave Brubeck

Jazz is democracy in music.

— Wynton Marsalis

As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing…

— Max Roach

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a…

— Dave Brubeck

Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom,…

— Quincy Jones

Jazz is freedom. You think about that.

— Thelonious Monk

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

— Jon Hendricks

The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.

— Anonymous

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis…

— Christopher Jackson

The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

— Eldar Djangirov