Care Quote by Gary Giddins

Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant.

— Sheena Iyengar

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

— Lester Bowie

I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

— Nina Simone

I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional…

— Lester Bowie

I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.

— John Otto

I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.

— Mark Ronson

Jazz musicians, in a way, are nerds. We are so in our world.

— Jan Vogler

I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't really have…

— Paul Smoker

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— Wynton Marsalis

It's always fun to talk about jazz.

— Clint Eastwood

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main…

— Tom Waits

To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

— Louis Armstrong