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Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways.

— Pat Metheny

There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct…

— Cannonball Adderley

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

— Toots Thielemans

I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's what you…

— George Benson

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

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

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something thats never been before, the art form of jazz…

— Charlie Haden

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

— Steve Lacy

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz…

— Charlie Haden

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.

— Herbie Hancock

Jazz music is the power of now.

— Wynton Marsalis