“Hannibal is on the jazz.”

“Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.”

Wynton Marsalis (1961) American jazz musician

“Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

“Jazz music is a form of accelerated unconcern.”

Françoise Sagan book A Certain Smile

“When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.”

George Gershwin (1898–1937) American composer and pianist

“An entire composition written in jazz could not live.”

George Gershwin (1898–1937) American composer and pianist

“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. ”

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer

“Jazz was my passion for a little while. I felt that all other kinds of music were stupid when I was into jazz. But I got over the addiction very soon”

A. R. Rahman (1966) Indian singer and composer

“Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can’t be taught.”

Paul Desmond (1924–1977) American jazz musician

“Life is a lot like jazz - it's best when you improvise.”

George Gershwin (1898–1937) American composer and pianist