"I think I was supposed to play jazz."

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"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

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"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

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"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

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"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

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"Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

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"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."

Norman Granz, American Musician

Jazz, Old, Today, Years

"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

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"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."

Luther Allison, American Musician

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"Music happens to be an art form that transcends language."

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"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz."

"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."

"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."

"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."

"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."

"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

"Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great."

"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."

"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."

"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."

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"I try to practice with my life."

"Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different."

"The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom."

"Music happens to be an art form that transcends language."

"The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way."

"You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life."

"I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music."

"Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose."

"The music becomes something that is its own entity."

"It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz."