Creation Quote by Duke Ellington

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

— Nina Simone

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.

— Ray Brown

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

— Wynton Marsalis

Truth be told, I think jazz is a mind-set. It's not necessarily, like, this guy picked up a horn and did this or whatever.

— Flying Lotus

We all know that jazz demands a cultivation of the mind.

— Kurt Elling

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

— Steve Lacy

Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.

— Mary Lou Williams

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

— Ray Brown

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 music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand…

— Wynton Marsalis