America Quote by George Gershwin

Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

— George Gershwin

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

— Ahmad Alaadeen

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try…

— Art Blakey

I know jazz is completely un-American. But the reason why America doesn't like it is because it's not funny. We [americans] have made jazz…

— Paul Provenza

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in…

— Norman Granz

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed…

— Dave Brubeck

The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too…

— Art Blakey

Blues and jazz is our American music.

— Leslie Uggams

Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.

— Willie Smith

Jazz is the favorite music [of America]. It is a type of music invented by [American] Blacks to please their primitive tendencies and desire…

— Sayyid Qutb