I am who I am today because of what was exposed to me by my parents at a very young age. It's almost an anomaly for young people these days to embrace jazz, something they associate with an older generation. What they fail to understand is that the music transcends generations. However, Fisher said he finds that this disinterest is not merely prevalent among youth, but a sentiment that encompasses an entire culture. People want to turn on the radio and hear something now rather than have to decipher or interpret what it is they are listening to.
Jazz is a challenging music.
There is no universal definition of what jazz is. Fisher noted that this lack of definition is another obstacle when acquainting people with jazz. If something can't be clearly articulated, this society is turned off to it. People always want me to 'define' jazz for them. For me, that's impossible.