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Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.

Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it; it's, like, 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.

Jazz sometimes can be really complicated and inaccessible to people because they don't know what to start with. You can start with something that you love, but if you start with something that you hate, then it's like, 'You know what, I hate jazz.' It took me a lot of time to catch on to jazz, too.

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

People want to have access to jazz because it has a vibe that's very strong.