George w Quote by Miles Davis

Jazz is a word they use to sell our music, but to me that word does not exist.

— John Coltrane

They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out.

— Lester Bowie

This is a tradition of resistance to the term that's as old as the term itself, especially because that term has been used to…

— Vijay Iyer

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

— Eldar Djangirov

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

— Kenny G

A lot of jazz is like that; it sells over a period of time.

— Lester Bowie

Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you 'sell' only to people of a certain age, you get cut off…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz has to work. It has to play with the audience and with the marketplace. I think that is relevant to business.

— John Kao

If you're making money people don't think you're playing Jazz. When you're not making money they think you're a great Jazz musician.

— Pete Fountain

I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of corporate America…

— Bernie Sanders

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

Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.

— Dexter Gordon