Jazz Quote by Oscar Peterson

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I…

— Oscar Peterson

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

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

People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I…

— Damien Chazelle

When I hear the words jazz pianist, that just means I have the skills to do most things. Because to be a jazz pianist,…

— Robert Glasper

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

— Yo-Yo Ma

If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope…

— Don Ellis

Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may want to…

— Dave Brubeck

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

There are any number of players with extensive jazz backgrounds who haven't been able to fit into other styles," "It all boils down to…

— Larry Carlton

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician

— Michael Parkinson