Been Quote by Herbie Hancock

Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.

— Duke Ellington

Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is freedom. You think about that.

— Thelonious Monk

Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom…

— Duke Ellington

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

— Dave Brubeck

Jazz stands for freedom.

— Dave Brubeck

Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis…

— Christopher Jackson

In times of change and uncertainty, we need the spirit of jazz more than ever before, to bring people - especially young women and…

— Irina Bokova

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a…

— Dave Brubeck

Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom,…

— Quincy Jones

The jazz musician’s function is to feel,

— Lennie Tristano

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

— Mulgrew Miller