I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

If I could have done anything more, it would have been less

I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz music. I still can't stand to listen to it.

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

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because most people don't understand the part of money in running a band.