Creativity Quote by Stephanie Mills

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

— Max De Pree

“In a society of increasingly mass-produced, assembly-line entertainment, where every individual is treated like an empty pitcher to be filled from above, jazz retains…

— Marshall Stearns

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

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

— Mulgrew Miller

Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.

— Duke Ellington

The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence.

— Kurt Elling

It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment.

— Pat Metheny

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.

— Billy Crystal

Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.

— Mary Lou Williams

“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”

— Art Blakey

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino