Believe Quote by Fred Hersch

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't.…

— Kenny G

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

— Walter Becker

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market…

— Robert Glasper

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

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

— Nina Simone

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

I've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to.

— Oprah Winfrey

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

— Creed Bratton

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

— Stan Getz

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

— Gerry Mulligan

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life and you…

— Gregory Porter