Art Quote by George Duke

I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.

— Eddi Reader

I grew up in the Great Depression, and the jazz artists and Dixieland musicians were at the core of our communications and enjoyment. They…

— Harry Belafonte

Jazz scares me. I've witnessed so many incredible singers and jazz musicians. Pop and soul music have always been the things that I felt…

— Sam Smith

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

— Gary Lucas

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not.

— Kurt Elling

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

— Nat Hentoff

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.

— Tommy Chong

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working…

— Sonny Rollins

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

— Wynton Marsalis

Being jazz-trained, things happen spontaneously. Even though it's funk rock, we still have the instincts of a jazz musician.

— Trombone Shorty

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw…

— Donald Miller