Being Quote by Lizz Wright

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

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

— Nina Simone

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

— Dianne Reeves

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 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

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

— Van Morrison

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

— Sonny Rollins

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

— Steve Lacy

Jazz is a state of mind. There's no boundaries.

— Robert Glasper

Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it.

— Fats Waller

Jazz is all about that. It's bending things and breaking away from what's on the page and improvising.

— Laufey