Experts Quote by Steve Lacy

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.

— Jake Shimabukuro

Jazz is the continual pulsation of the now.

— Pat Martino

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.

— Ray Brown

A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.

— Pat Metheny

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition…

— 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

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

— Louis Armstrong

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market…

— Robert Glasper

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't.…

— Kenny G

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

— Billy Higgins

As I've gotten older, my love for jazz has increased.

— Lauren Daigle

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

— Pat Metheny