On Choosing Fabric

Ok a non sewer here with a very basic beginning question.

It's on choosing fabric. When I walk into a fabric store I am so overwhelmed with all the choices they have. Can you make clothes out of any fabric? Because in Jo-Ann's I always notice or at least I remember there being a large area of fabric for quilting. That is fine and dandy if I want to quilt but can I use that fabric for clothes or anything else?