Bars Quote by Robert Glasper

Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis…

— Christopher Jackson

I think jazz is a bit gatekept. Personally, I think that everyone has space in them to enjoy jazz and jazz-adjacent music. It just…

— Laufey

Jazz is all about that. It's bending things and breaking away from what's on the page and improvising.

— Laufey

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

— Nina Simone

Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they play. And…

— Allan Holdsworth

People need to realize that even the greatest jazz musicians, when they listen to jazz, they're not like, analyzing it and deconstructing it -…

— Kamasi Washington

Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it.

— Lizz Wright

I love jazz. So to me, there are two main types of jazz. There's dancing jazz, and then there's listening jazz. Listening jazz is…

— Lupe Fiasco

A major component of jazz is improvisation, which forces you to stay in the moment because you never know what will be coming up.…

— John Densmore

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

— Van Morrison

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

— Sonny Rollins

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