I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient.

I never heard my music played the way I heard it in my head.

Making the complicated simple is true creativity.

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

I've got a feeling that if it's so easy for you - the struggle and the initiative are not as strong as they are for a person who has to struggle and therefore has more to say.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace.

Jazz music is a language of the emotions.