I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.

To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"