They're singing your praises while stealing your phrases.

I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.

Everything I do is Mingus.

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

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

Anybody can make the simple complecated. Creativity is making the complecated simple.

Jazz music is a language of the emotions.