Circumstances Quote by Pat Metheny

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

Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

— Tom Harrell

The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music.…

— Billy Taylor

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom,…

— Quincy Jones

Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade can be…

— 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

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about Jazz music.

— Maynard Ferguson

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

— Johnny Griffin

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 today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.

— Duke Ellington

In times of change and uncertainty, we need the spirit of jazz more than ever before, to bring people - especially young women and…

— Irina Bokova