“The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.”
Herbie Hancock
“It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.”
“We're going to kill ourselves this week to bring the spirit of jazz (back to New Orleans).”
Wynton Marsalis
“Life is a lot like jazz.. it's best when you improvise.”
George Gershwin
“If it wasn't for [pimps, prostitutes, hustlers, gangsters, and gamblers] there wouldn't be no jazz! They supported the club owners who bought the music. It wasn't the middle-class people who said "Let's go hear Charlie Parker tonight."”
Betty Carter
“If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.”
Lou Reed
“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.”
Louis Armstrong
