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For me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level.

— Scott Henderson

I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I…

— Pat Metheny

I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements involved.

— Dianne Reeves

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

— Robert Quine

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

— Herbie Hancock

Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Blues and jazz are such a root to music.

— Donovan

Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds…

— Wynton Marsalis

It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from,…

— Billy Higgins

“You play me with your jazz & leave me with the blues.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

— Mulgrew Miller