Achievement Quote by Marc Ribot

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

— Fats Waller

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

— Sonny Rollins

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

— 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 is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.

— Kamasi Washington

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

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

— Thelonious Monk

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

— Nina Simone

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.

— Ray Brown

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

— Bill Frisell