That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.

If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.

There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "

You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church

It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz.

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.

They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back.