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

— Lizz Wright

It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when we're listening,…

— Vijay Iyer

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

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn…

— Herbie Hancock

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

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 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 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 one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

— Mulgrew Miller