I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.

Bop is no love-child of jazz.

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

I can play all I know in eight bars.

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.

Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!'

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.