If it hadn’t been for Jazz, there wouldn’t be no rock and roll. Louis Armstrong
If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know. Louis Armstrong
Jazz is the folk music of the machine age. Paul Whiteman
A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. Benny Green
Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul. Paul Whiteman
Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains. Paul Whiteman
Jazz is not dead – it just smells funny. Frank Zappa
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with. Duke Ellington
Jazz is the music of the body. Anais Nin
It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage. Isadora Duncan
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. Duke Ellington
Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz. Ella Fitzgerald
There is no accounting for jazz singers, that is to say, singers who suffer from the dangerous delusion that they are jazz singers. Benny Green
If ya ain’t got it in ya, ya can’t blow it out. Louis Armstrong