Able Quote by George Benson

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.

— Herbie Hancock

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

Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk.

— Trombone Shorty

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A…

— Rita Coolidge

If you're making money people don't think you're playing Jazz. When you're not making money they think you're a great Jazz musician.

— Pete Fountain

Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you 'sell' only to people of a certain age, you get cut off…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz has to work. It has to play with the audience and with the marketplace. I think that is relevant to business.

— John Kao

You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're…

— Pete Fountain

The jazz records come out a lot. You find that with many musicians - we don't listen to our own music for relaxation.

— Simon Rattle

I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.

— Rita Coolidge

I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come to a…

— Charlie Haden

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will…

— Sonny Rollins