I never heard my music played the way I heard it in my head.
I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.
Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell you to fall in love with the act. You're really crazy now.'
My music is evidence of my souls will to live.
Making the simple complicated is commonplace.
Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?