Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
George Gershwin

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.
Charlie Trotter

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.
Lou Reed

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.
Henri Matisse

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
B. B. King

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.
Bobby McFerrin

Here is a link that might be useful: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale