It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.

After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.

You have to look good.

To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.

It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.

If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.

When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.