Being honest Quote by Robert Glasper

The average age of the Jazz audience is increasing rapidly. Rapidly enough to suggest that there is no replacement among young people. Young people…

— Terry Teachout

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 is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires…

— Talib Kweli

A lot of people in the jazz community are looking at how much notoriety we're getting. And we're an inspiration to a lot of…

— Robert Glasper

Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand…

— Wynton Marsalis

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

— Nina Simone

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

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

— Esperanza Spalding

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that…

— Herb Alpert

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

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