Able Quote by Mary Kingsley

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

— Thelonious Monk

What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most…

— John Lurie

It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's…

— David Sanborn

The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

— Eldar Djangirov

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

— Pat Metheny

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

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

— Bill Frisell

Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can…

— Ray Brown

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't.…

— Kenny G

I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.

— Kenny G