Architecture Quote by Doug Aitken

Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade can be…

— Melody Gardot

“Jazz was about the spaces between notes. It was about what happened when you listened to the thing inside you. The gaps and the…

— Rachel Joyce

“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”

— Art Blakey

“What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

“I don’t know a thing about jazz.” “That’s okay.” He pulled me toward the door and opened it. “You know music. Jazz will explain…

— Jessica Martinez

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 myself, Jose James, and Robert Glasper are expanding the language - really reminding people that the umbrella of jazz is large and…

— Gregory Porter

“Music was just one of the tools we employed to create excitement. The jazzman’s objective, however, was solely musical: Through his improvisation, he wanted…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn…

— Herbie Hancock

“The structure of a jazz performance is, like that of the New York skyline, a tension of cross-purposes. In jazz at its characteristic best,…

— Anonymous

Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it.

— Lizz Wright

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

— Anonymous