That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.
Billy Crystal
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson
My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had learned but I was too busy getting into trouble!
Etta James
One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
Mahalia Jackson
Jazz is rhythm and meaning.
Henri Matisse
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.
George Santayana
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.