Abandon Quote by Nat Wolff

"Jazz" to begin with, is a really bad word... all the true musicians that really play jazz, jazz is the worst word for it.…

— Eldar Djangirov

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

— Nina Simone

Jazz is an interesting music. It's one of the few forms of music where everyone that's performing the music has a creative stake in…

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

— Sonny Rollins

For me, jazz is an understanding of music, rather than an end in itself.

— Jacob Collier

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 rhythm and meaning.

— Henri Matisse

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

I think jazz is a bit gatekept. Personally, I think that everyone has space in them to enjoy jazz and jazz-adjacent music. It just…

— Laufey

It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's…

— David Sanborn

I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work…

— Marcus Miller