Forget Quote by Mary Lou Williams

Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.

— Willie Smith

Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.

— Duke Ellington

We all know that jazz demands a cultivation of the mind.

— Kurt Elling

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

— Nina Simone

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

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.

— Billy Crystal

It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.

— Walter Becker

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino

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

— Ray Brown

Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

— Ray Brown

Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it.

— Lizz Wright