Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

Theres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.