I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way.
Dave Brubeck
We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?
Ken Burns
A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.
By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz.
Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a people. I think that jazz is a... →
I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.
John Hughes
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
Pat Metheny
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.