If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
Ben Harper
I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz.
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
Duke Ellington
What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.
Ray Charles
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
Miles Davis
One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
Mahalia Jackson
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails.
Federico Garcia Lorca