Freedom Quote by Laufey

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

Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they play. And…

— Allan Holdsworth

Jazz is an interesting music. It's one of the few forms of music where everyone that's performing the music has a creative stake in…

— Kamasi Washington

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 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz exemplifies artistic activity that is at once individual and communal, performance that is both repetitive and innovative, each participant sometimes providing background support…

— Mary Catherine Bateson

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

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

— Nina Simone

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

— Ahmad Jamal

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

— Van Morrison

Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within (usually) a…

— Greg Thomas

As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty.

— Doc Childre