Art Quote by Jon Hendricks

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

— Stan Getz

Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.

— Jake Shimabukuro

One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is…

— Damien Chazelle

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the…

— Chet Baker

By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic standing of…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had no concern…

— Trevor St. John

I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work…

— Marcus Miller

The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important art form…

— Rafael Vinoly

That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.

— Alvin Lee

I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking.

— Mary Lou Williams

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

— John Lewis