Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am.

If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?

Bach is how buildings got taller. It's how we got to the moon.

If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my music.

Jazz music is a language of the emotions.