Jazz Quote by Melody Gardot

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

— John Otto

I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's likeable, someone…

— Pharoah Sanders

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

— Nina Simone

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music…

— Laura Mvula

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back…

— Molly Ringwald

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

— Esperanza Spalding

Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand…

— Wynton Marsalis

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

— Gerry Mulligan

I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are a very…

— Jamie Cullum

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life and you…

— Gregory Porter