An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.

You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.

There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank.' It's as though money is what you're doing, rather than playing music. If you're playing a money game, why not get into banking?

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.

Dance music-as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat and all you need is an out-of-tune playing 'Melancholy Baby' and you've got dance music.

If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much.