America Quote by Isadora Duncan

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

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

— Ahmad Alaadeen

The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.

— Anonymous

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

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and…

— George Gershwin

To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz musicians that…

— Wynton Marsalis

jazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force.

— Anais Nin

When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the…

— George Gershwin

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

— Les Paul

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

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

— Edgar Winter

Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.

— Ken Burns