Beautiful Quote by Earl Hines

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

— Steve Lacy

Jazz comes from a tradition where it swings. Swing was the main ingredient of jazz. And once it loses the swing...well, that's it.

— Van Morrison

Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.

— Willie Smith

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 like the universe: it's been expanding since its creation and it's connected to everything.

— Jonathan Batiste

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

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 is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

— Sonny Rollins

It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.

— Walter Becker

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

— Lizz Wright

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

— Louis Armstrong

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

— Ray Brown