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

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

Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.

It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat.

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.

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.

I can't understand guys who just have to have your autograph. What do you do when you get home, take it out & look at it?