Comfortable Quote by Miles Davis

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

— Tony Wilson

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because…

— Robert Glasper

The jazz records come out a lot. You find that with many musicians - we don't listen to our own music for relaxation.

— Simon Rattle

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it.

— Fats Waller

Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.

— Percy Heath

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

— Sonny Rollins

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

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 just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— Wynton Marsalis

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

— Van Morrison

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or "what you're doing isn't jazz," are just scared because…

— Robert Glasper