Buddhism Quote by Herbie Hancock

Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn…

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

— Wynton Marsalis

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

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that…

— Herb Alpert

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

— Stan Getz

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

— Johnny Griffin

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

— Mulgrew Miller

Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before.

— Jon Hendricks

Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing…

— Max Roach

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

— Ray Brown