I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.
To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.
To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.