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Jazz
- If you still have to ask…shame on you.when asked what jazz is; sometimes quoted as, ‘Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know’1901–71 American singer and jazz musician: Max Jones et al. Salute to Satchmo (1970)
- Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.1930– American jazz musician: W. H. Mellers Music in a New Found Land (1964)
- Playing ‘Bop’ is like scrabble with all the vowels missing.1899–1974 American jazz pianist, composer, and band-leader: in Look 10 August 1954
- A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.1927– : The Reluctant Art (1962)
- If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labelled commercial.1930– American jazz musician: Henry Pleasants Serious Music and All That Jazz! (1969)
- It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing.1894–1985: ‘It Don't Mean a Thing’ (1932 song; music by Duke Ellington) - Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.1885–1941 American jazz musician: Mister Jelly Roll (1950)
- What a terrible revenge by the culture of the Negroes on that of the whites!1860–1941 Polish pianist, composer, and statesman: attributed
- Jazz will endure, just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.1854–1932 American composer and conductor: attributed
