Some Quotes from Famous People About Jazz and Music

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.”

— Miles Davis

“Jazz is about being in the moment.”

— Herbie Hancock

“Jazz is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.”

— Duke Ellington

“Life is a lot like Jazz… it’s best when you improvise.”

— George Gershwin

“Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.”

— Johnny Depp

“As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.”

— Dizzy Gillespie

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

— Maya Angelou