America Quote by Paul Provenza

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try…

— Art Blakey

Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.

— Ahmad Alaadeen

I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of corporate America…

— Bernie Sanders

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America.

— Les Paul

When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the…

— George Gershwin

The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too…

— Art Blakey

I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I mean, American…

— Wagner Moura

Jazz is America's classical music.

— Billy Taylor

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in…

— Norman Granz

I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form, and then…

— Andrew Bird

Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people…

— John Corigliano

To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz musicians that…

— Wynton Marsalis