All Quotes, Jazz

33 Melodious Jazz Quotes

Jazz is a music genre that originated in New Orleans, United States. Jazz was born in the African-American community. Jazz is described as the classic of American music by many. Jazz finds its roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz originated around 1920. This is a Quoteish quote tribute to Jazz Music with 33 special quotes on Jazz and Jazz sayings.


Jazz is about being in the moment. - Herbie Hancock
Jazz stands for freedom. - Dave Brubeck
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. - Herbie Hancock
There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz. - Wynton Marsalis
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures. - Wynton Marsalis
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains. - John Philip Sousa
Jazz is rhythm and meaning. - Henri Matisse
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz. - Lou Reed
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on. - Van Morrison
Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are. - Wynton Marsalis
A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm. - Ken Burns
Jazz is people's music, a collectivity. - Steve Lacy
Jazz was a bomb. That was also the low point of Mac sales. People had just written it off. - Mitch Kapor
One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it. - Mahalia Jackson
That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul. - Billy Crystal
Jazz changes and all. - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk. - Steve Lacy
Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive. - Marla Gibbs
Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance. - Francoise Sagan
Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise. - George Gershwin
Jazz is the sound of surprise. - Whitney Balliett
Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it. -Louis Armstrong
Without jazz, life would be a mistake. - Boris Vian
Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it. - Yogi Berra
Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijuana, and will expire on cocaine. - Artie Shaw
Jazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ordinary ones. - Cab Calloway
Dialogue is like jazz. Dialogue is creative. - Sam Shepard
Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend. - George Gershwin
Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live. - Ray Brown
It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz. - Art Blakey
It's always fun to talk about jazz. - Clint Eastwood
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around. - Miles Davis
Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny. - Frank Zappa
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. - Louis Armstrong
Please share this collection of quotes on jazz.
Sharing is Caring: share on facebook buttonshare on twitter button