Challenges Quote by Patricia Barber

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

— Lee Konitz

The chief trouble with jazz is that there is not enough of it; some of it we have to listen to twice.

— Don Herold

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.

— Lee Konitz

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

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

I do find modern jazz quite tricky.

— Jane Asher

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

— Billy Higgins

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

— Renee Fleming

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

— Bill Frisell

Jazz music is the power of now.

— Wynton Marsalis

I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're…

— Herb Alpert

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that…

— August Wilson