Carter Quote by Robert Glasper

We've now got a whole generation of jazz musicians who have been brought up with hip-hop. We've grown up alongside rappers and DJs; we've…

— Kamasi Washington

So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything.

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.

— Amy Winehouse

Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music.

— Kamasi Washington

I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you take what…

— Billy Squier

Hopefully, we learn to appreciate hip-hop here so that it doesn't go the way of jazz.

— Talib Kweli

I don't know enough about hip-hop, though I've heard some great hip-hop. I just did a thing with Qwest Love - we did a…

— Bela Fleck

Hip-hop and jazz have always been intertwined. Even the G-funk thing. You listen to 'The Chronic,' there's flute solos and everything. It's always been…

— Kamasi Washington

All forms are complex once you get to a really high level, and jazz and hip-hop are so connected. In hip-hop, you sample, while…

— Kamasi Washington

As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as a musical…

— Amanda Seales

The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.

— Afrika Bambaataa