College student Quote by Gene Hull

“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

“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.”

— Duke Ellington

“It's very modern. Very gamine. You look like a jazz singer.”

— Elizabeth Wein

“Do not even suggest jazz. I saw Newsies and was traumatized for, like, five years.”

— Richelle Mead

“Play jazz with people with whom you are compatible but who will also challenge you”

— Ray Dalio

“If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong”

— Louis Armstrong

“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”

— Art Blakey

“Any conversation is a unique jazz performance. Some are more pleasing to the ears, but that is not necessarily a measurement of their importance”

— Frank Herbert

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

— Louis Armstrong

“Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you’ll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

“I had no doubt that music was the most important thing in my life, and I was getting an education in that.”

— Michael Nesmith

“You've got to do what you know before you know what you're doing." Duke Madison, Jazz Musician”

— Andy Martello