Art Quote by Wadada Leo Smith

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson

I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.

— Abdullah Ibrahim

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson

I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind the beat,…

— Gregory Porter

I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things.

— Dianne Reeves

I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'... it's an…

— Maynard Ferguson

I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's likeable, someone…

— Pharoah Sanders

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk

I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

— Nina Simone

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians…

— Jane Siberry

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is through jazz,…

— Dee Dee Bridgewater