Complicated Quote by Yogi Berra

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

— Van Morrison

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

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

— Nina Simone

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

— Van Morrison

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

Understanding is the least important thing when it comes to digging jazzbecause, like anything else, jazz is a form of entertainment. It is created…

— Cannonball Adderley

Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it.

— Fats Waller

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

— Louis Armstrong

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

— Lizz Wright

I just don't know anything about jazz, really. I've never really listened to it, but I'd definitely like to discover more about it.

— Michelle Ryan

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