Approach Quote by Jimmy Chamberlin

There's a jazz influence in my music in general.

— Alexandre Desplat

Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.

— Mary Lou Williams

For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out of fashion…

— Jose James

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

— Nina Simone

When I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz.

— Jose James

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

— Esperanza Spalding

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

— Van Morrison

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

— Gerry Mulligan

In fact, jazz has such a great feeling and great emotional content that it really doesn't require you to have technical understanding of it.…

— Dave Holland

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

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade can be…

— Melody Gardot

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

— Andrew Bird